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42 The Link Magazine • December 2000
New landmarks soon for canal group
2001 will be another busy year for the volunteers with the Wilts and
Berks Canal Amenity Group, with the start of a second major bridge
reconstruction and the extension of the canal at Moredon.
Thanks to a
£360,000 Na-
tional Herit-
Weekday and weekend homecarers age Lottery
Grant, an ex
required for Swindon and act replica of - — '- -:..+ > ;'_
Beavans
surrounding areas Bridge off
Mill Lane
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The Care Company Ltd, Rochester House, 27 Victoria Road, Swindon the canal
dredged.
I nitial
work will
CAKTEK,KEAD & DOVE start on an- Making sure it will stand up, buii rs k ni Robertson, left, and
son Billy (in red) test out Beavans Bridge with Swindon Council
other bridge
close to the landscape architect Maxine Woolgar and Henry Smith
S QL IC I T O R S
M4 in De-
Commerce House, 34/35 Commercial Road cember. When completed the origi- term plan to link the canals to-
nal canal route will be open for gether, past Bridgemead.
Swindon SN1 5NS
over a mile from Kingshill to the Contractors Nuttalls will have
A fast efficient fully computerised service for M4 at Blagrove, close to where a to close the road over a weekend
new Swindon Town stadium is early in the new year in order to
* Conveyancing * Family Law * Wills & Probate proposed. insert pre-cast tunnel sections.
To the north, where the canal Much of the work on the canal is
For more information visit our website:
has been dug out at Moredon, the being undertaken by volunteers.
Northern Development Company The Swindon branch of the Amen-
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will be paying for a culvert to chan- ity Group meets at the Kings Arms,
Or telephone for a quote: nel the canal and towpath under Wood Street, Old Town on the first
Purton Road as part of the con- Tuesday of the month, 8pm.
Tel: (01793) 617617 Fax: (01793) 511249 struction of the Northern Orbital For more information call Henry
Road. This will open up the long Smith on 875775.

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