churnet Caldon sand silting stoppage

[midnight cowboy]

Hi

 

Does anyone know what is happening about CaRT dredging the River Churnet section of the Caldon that's been causing a stoppage?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

[ditchcrawler]

9 minutes ago, midnight cowboy said:

Hi

 

Does anyone know what is happening about CaRT dredging the River Churnet section of the Caldon that's been causing a stoppage?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 Its not closed @TNC are down there now

[midnight cowboy]

So boats can get through?  How come the stoppage is still up as indefinite on CaRT's list?

 

Tony

[Francis Herne]

Someone seems to have messed up updating the notice. The note below was supposedly added (EDIT: one year and) three days *before* the notice itself, which seems improbable.

 

Our contractors have now dredged this section and the sand bank has been cleared.  Navigation is therefore open again through this location.

Thank you for your patience while this work was completed.

Edited April 16, 2023 by Francis Herne

[midnight cowboy]

4 minutes ago, Francis Herne said:

Someone seems to have messed up updating the notice. The note below was supposedly added three days *before* the notice itself, which seems improbable.

 

Our contractors have now dredged this section and the sand bank has been cleared.  Navigation is therefore open again through this location.

Thank you for your patience while this work was completed.

 

If you look carefully the earlier update was dated 2022:

 

 

Detail

From Date: 08/04/2023 08:00

To Date: On-going

Type: Navigation Closure

Reason: Repair

Is the towpath closed? No

Location

Closest waterway: Caldon Canal

Starts at: Lock 16 Oakmeadowford Lock

Ends at: Lock 16 Oakmeadowford Lock

Upstream winding hole: Winding Hole, Oakmeadowford

Downstream winding hole: Winding Hole, Flintmill Lock

Updates

08/04/2023 14:10

A sand bank has washed in from the river section below Lock 16 on the Caldon Canal. This part of the canal is unnavigable until the section has been dredged and sand bank is cleared. Our dredging team are working to resolve this problem and we will provide a further update as soon as possible

 

05/04/2022 13:46

Our contractors have now dredged this section and the sand bank has been cleared.  Navigation is therefore open again through this location.

Thank you for your patience while this work was completed.

 

I have emailed CaRT for clarification as I want to go through early May

[Francis Herne]

Sorry, quite right. A year and three days then!

Edited April 16, 2023 by Francis Herne

[Neil TNC]

3 hours ago, midnight cowboy said:

Hi

 

Does anyone know what is happening about CaRT dredging the River Churnet section of the Caldon that's been causing a stoppage?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

Loads of boats have now been down and back through the silt bar now. We have just come back up and when we got in the lock I could not resist reversing back out and giving the remains of the silt bar a good blasting. NB Its Smashing came up behind us with no problems and that boat must be deeper draughted than the 2ft 3ins of NB Earnest. A couple of hundred yards down on the river section is a low tree bow sticking out. This was reported to CaRT ages ago. NB Yesdear has cut a good section off, so is now only a minor hazzard. If you are going down the Caldon, Cheddleton top lock is a pain to get a level. There is only the os top paddle working, the ns has a CaRT yellow bag over it, but seems stuck a quarter up...not helped by the os bottom hydraulic granny gear being  out of oil.

[midnight cowboy]

Thanks to all who responded- looks like we will go down to Froghall after all

[Neil TNC]

We have just persuaded a Ginger Canal Cruising hire boat to go down.

[ditchcrawler]

9 hours ago, Neil TNC said:

We have just persuaded a Ginger Canal Cruising hire boat to go down.

This came up today 
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/24796/navigation-closure-6-metres-below-lock-16-oakmeadowford-lock-caldon-canal

 

[Neil TNC]

21 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

This came up today 
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/24796/navigation-closure-6-metres-below-lock-16-oakmeadowford-lock-caldon-canal

 

We saw a hopper going towards Froghall today, caught it on shitty stone Bridge 14 corner! CaRT bloke had said contractors dredger to be put in at Park Lane, Endon services.