Birstall Lock landing has the edge
THE Canal & River Trust has completed reconstruction of the lock landing below Birstall Lock, on the River Soar/Grand Union Leicester Line.
A new hard edge has been designed to match the adjacent hard-edged visitor moorings and comprises a stonework vertical face and in-situ concrete walkway.
“Heritage aficionados may have issues with the stonework perched on top of steel piling, but CRT has gone some way to fitting in with the existing wharf design,” said Andrew Shephard, chairman of IWA Leicestershire Branch.
“It could have been just Armco piling and a new stone wall down to the riverbed would have been considerably more complicated and expensive.”
He pointed out: “Boaters and in particular single handers, however, need to be aware that there are, as yet, no mooring bollards or rings and no Armco piling top horizontal band for mooring hooks.
“It is not, therefore, possible to secure a boat while setting the lock, so until the planned installation of bollards is carried out, lock users will need to tie up at the visitor moorings instead.”