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Canal project gets major cash injection
Continued restoration work on the Wilts & Berks canal at Mouldon Hill is assured thanks to a donation of over £27,000 made by Swindon
waste disposal company Crapper & Sons.
The payment in-lieu of tax pay- The donation byCrapper&Sons, will also allow completion of will involve restoring the route
able to the government under land who advertise Express Skips on Mouldon Lock. south to the Kingshill section of
fill legislation permits work on the The Link front page, will be used to Walkers and horse riders already the canal.
canal which is part of the Crick- make further repairs to the More- enjoy the canal towpath and in The North Swindon Develop-
lade Country Way leisure corridor don aquaduct over the River Ray due course it will be used for boat- ment Company has agreed to build
incorporating the Swindon & and make navigable a one-mile ing and angling. It is also develop- a culvert under the Moredon Road
Cricklade steam railway and foot- stretch of canal north of the More- ing into an area rich in wildlife, when it constructs the northern
paths. don Road, adjacent to Taw Hill. It Canal committee corporate orbital road to Lady Lane.
member Harry Bromley welcomed However this is held up because
Money that would have been paid in landfill tax is handed over at Moulden
Lock. From left, company directors Richard, Howard, Lawrence and Roger Crapper & Sons continued sup- of the delays to the 6,000 home
Crapper with canal group committee member Harry Bromley port. "The funding from this envi- Hayden III development. Work
ronmentally aware company will on the new road will not start for at
contribute to the greater leisure least four months with the culvert
, t enjoyment of the countryside." being installed at some time in the
^i The next phase of the project next year.

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