Project to Restore the Montgomery Canal, 

                             South of Crickheath in Shropshire Made Great Progress

        There were the three main activities for the work party:

        – To complete the towpath and bank works in Phase 1A (wharf area) .

        – Continue channel profiling in Phase 1B beyond the area already completed. This extends the original scope.

        – Hedge laying to kick off the winter environmental works.

In addition, four volunteers took a refresher brush cutter qualification on Friday which is essential to deliver all the scheduled environmental activities.

On Friday morning, there remained 65 metres of towpath to construct in 1A. Coupled with this were 60 metres of bank to complete with riprap (large aggregate) covered by soil above the blocked area.

And finally, the entire length of towpath in 1A (which runs opposite the tramway wharf area) needed to be dressed with a wear course of quarry dust. By Sunday lunchtime the job was done which marked a major milestone: completion of all the channel and towpath deliverables in the original funded scope scheduled to finish by the end of March next year.

Practical completion for this funded scope is for the two completed sections of channel to be in water by the end of March. They are filling of their own accord with rainwater, and it is expected that the stop planks by Crickheath Bridge will be cracked open in January or February to equalize the levels with those in the now navigable Crickheath Basin.

Further along the site towards Schoolhouse Bridge, work continued to profile the channel. In the area worked, no lining and blocking is required, and an impressive 70 metres is now complete.

Just beyond this area in the direction of Schoolhouse Bridge, hedge laying picked up from where work had finished last winter. Over two days and with a number of ‘new hands’, 23 metres was completed – also impressive. Of course, hedge laying generates a large quantity of material to be burned.

修复什罗普郡克里克希思以南的蒙哥马利运河项目取得重大进展

施工队有三项主要活动：

- 完成 1A 阶段（码头区）的河道和堤岸工程。

- 在 1B 阶段继续进行航道剖面测量，超出已完成的区域。这扩大了原定范围。

- 开始进行冬季环境保护工程中的树篱铺设工作。

此外，四名志愿者于周五参加了复训的割草机资格认证，这对顺利完成所有计划中的环境保护活动至关重要。

周五上午，1A 区仍有 65 米长的拖道需要施工。同时，还需要完成60米的河岸修复——使用石砾（大颗粒集料）覆盖在封闭区域上方的土壤层。

最后，还需要在 1A 段（与电车码头区相对）的整条牵引道上铺设一层矿石粉作为耐磨层。到周日中午，所有工作已顺利完成，这标志着一个重要的里程碑：完成了原定于明年 3 月底完成的所有渠道和牵引道工程。

该资助项目的实际完工日期是在3月底之前，两个已完成的河道段应当具备蓄水功能。这些河道段正通过降雨自然积水。预计在1月或2月，克里克希斯桥大桥（Crickheath Bridge）附近的挡水木板将被拆开，以便与现已可通航的克里克希斯盆地（Crickheath Basin）水位持平。

沿工地向校舍桥方向继续推进河道剖面工程。在施工区域内，不需要衬砌和封堵，目前已完成 70 米长的工程，成果令人印象深刻。

在距离该区域不远的校舍桥方向，冬季工作暂停后的树篱铺设工作恢复进行。经过两天的工作和一些新志愿者的加入，共完成了23米的修剪工作，效果同样显著。当然，树篱铺设工作会产生大量的材料需要进行焚烧处理。

https://themontgomerycanal.org.uk/canal-work-five-months-ahead-of-schedule/

来源：The Monty

发表时间：2024-11-10

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