Manchester canals barriers and towpath closures

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Just found this on CRT Facebook page

 

Question

Still looking for some comment from CRT regarding closing City canals at night? Is Manchester going to be the only city?

Does the Night time closures include the canal and towpath?

What time do the Manchester canals open again?

 

CRT reply

Hi ****, we've now got an update from our Manchester team about this very upsetting situation. "In response to the recent death of Orlando Nyero, the Water Safety Partnership – which comprises all the main city agencies, with the Trust - met urgently on 6 June to consider if there are any more immediate safety measures we can action following these tragic deaths. Following the meeting last week, the Water Safety Partnership agreed to take immediate action by installing interim fencing to deter people accessing the canal towpath overnight at key points near where bars are located (which will include near Locks 89 and 90)". The Manchester team have confirmed that the towpaths around this stretch, so between the Deansgate area and lock 89 area are closed from 10pm onwards and will reopen in the mornings. We've not got a definite time that the towpaths are opening in the mornings as at the moment it's about our staff availability but someone will always reopen in the morning, times may just differ at the moment. The funding of the barriers has come from Manchester City council and we can confirm that these barriers are only taking place in Manchester.