Waterways Renaissance Awards finalists announced

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The regeneration of Clarence Dock in Leeds, a flood alleviation scheme in Rotherham, and a memorial project in Northamptonshire commemorating the Second World War are among the schemes that have been named finalists in the 2010 Waterways Renaissance Awards. The awards, run by The Waterways Trust and British Urban Regeneration Association, recognise best practice in waterway regeneration and development in the UK.

 

The awards have eleven categories and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at The Lowry in Manchester on 17 March. Eleven winners will be announced, though there will not necessarily be a winner in each category.

 

Roger Hanbury, chief executive of The Waterways Trust, said: "The finalists' projects clearly show that the renaissance of our waterways is continuing to transform our environment, bringing communities together and injecting new life into their environment."

 

The finalists are:

 

AREA-BASED REGENERATION

Clarence Dock, Leeds

Lough Neagh Regeneration Programme, Northern Ireland

 

COMMUNITY

Village at War 2008-09, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire

Middlewich – Piecing the history together to promote the future, Cheshire

 

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Restoration of Ynysbwllog Aqueduct and the Three Locks, Neath

Trent River Park Green Infrastructure, Nottingham

Liverpool Canal Link, Liverpool

 

EDUCATION AND LEARNING

The First of its kind – Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire

Action Outdoors, Falkirk

Brecon Gateway, Brecon

Whitlingham Country Park, Norfolk

Ouseburn Explorer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

 

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

Rotherham Renaissance Flood Alleviation Scheme and Centenary Wetland Park, Rotherham

 

HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

Allington Lock Site Enhancement, Kent

Railway on the Water – Relaunched! Goole, Yorkshire

 

INNOVATION

Kings Lock Visitors Centre & Lock Office Extension, Oxford

Porters Lock Canoe Fishway, Kent

 

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Rotherham Renaissance Flood Alleviation Scheme and Centenary Wetland Park, Rotherham

Trinity Broads Restoration, Norfolk

Torrs Weir Fish Pass & River Mersey Fish & Wildlife Refuge, Merseyside

 

PARTNERSHIP

Village at War 2008, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire

Pride in our Promenades, Liverpool

Oil Mills Bridge, Stroud

Lough Neagh Regeneration Programme, Northern Ireland

Bigman 1 & 2, Glasgow

 

RECREATION AND TOURISM

The Great Glen Ways Initiative, Scotland

Allington Lock Site Enhancement & Porters Lock Canoe Fishway, Merseyside

Viaduct Terrace, Knaresborough

 

STRATEGY & MASTERPLANNING

Erewash Canal Access Strategy and Development Plan, Nottingham

Middlewich, Cheshire