Posted on January 26, 2016
By Lesley Tate, Craben Herald & Pioneer
A £1 MILLION project to improve the condition of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Skipton is due to take until the end of February.
Contractors for the Canal and River Trust have been working on the more than six-mile (11km) stretch of the canal from Niffany Farm in Skipton to East Marton since November.
Thousands of tonnes of sediment, built up over decades at the bottom of the canal, are being removed and will be used to rebuild sections of the bank, or used in farmers’ fields.
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