IWA and BCNS help Bradley volunteers
THE Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch has, along with the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, been pleased to support the Bradley Canal Restoration Society in its endeavours to clear the lower reaches of the canal.
Starting from its junction with the Walsall Canal at Moorcroft, volunteers have worked their way up to the second lock. Vegetation has been cut back, rubbish and fly tipping removed, and the area tidied up to the satisfaction of residents who walk the area.
Lock brickwork has been exposed, and progress is now being made on opening up some of the by-washes. Vegetation management continues, and soon ground radar and core sampling studies will take place on the infilled flight of locks. This will require further fundraising and the results will point the way to the next steps in the restoration.