Rochdale Canal open at last.

[Jim Riley]

I can now visit the dark side again! I dove over to see what was happening with the landslip last Thursday, yesterday this came through. Great.

Notice Update: 7th October 16

Navigation: Open, Towpath: Open

Rochdale Canal
Starts At: Lock15
Ends At: Lock 17

Update on 07/10/2016:

We’re delighted to confirm that the Rochdale Canal has reopened after many months of hard work by volunteers, Trust staff and our contractors finishing off some really complex repairs. Fantastic! There is still work to do before we can say that the job is fully finished, but for now we’re looking forward to seeing boats using the canal again, enjoying a great part of the country. It’s likely that people will come across things that they may feel they want to let us know about, for example we know that some of lock gate timbers are slightly perished and appear leaky, this will recover and is nothing to worry about – but if you feel that you come across something that we should be aware of please contact our office at Red Bull or if you are having problems out of hours, the call us on 0800 47 999 47. We acknowledge that it’s been very challenging at times for everyone involved, and not least for many of our customers who have been directly impacted by the works and to whom we owe a great debt of thanks for their patience while the work has been done.

 

edited to remove banned reference to another site!

Edited October 8, 2016 by Jim Riley

[Mac of Cygnet]

Yes, indeed good news.

 

But (there's always one!), those contemplating a trans-Pennine trip should be aware that the Calder & Hebble will be closed at Elland Bridge from the end of this month until March 10th 2017, according to that stoppage notice. The information boards at the work site actually say that the bridge will be completed by the end of this year, but I can't see that happening. However, slotting in the concrete core took only 4 days instead of the planned 7, so you never know........