Good news for Woolsthorpe Top Lock
12th Nov 2008
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has come up with a £175,000 funding plan to help re-build Woolsthorpe Top Lock on the Grantham Canal, following the partial collapse of the offside wall last year.
John Baylis, East Midlands Regional Chairman of IWA made the proposal for IWA to fund the rebuilding of the damaged wall of Woolsthorpe Top Lock, utilising a legacy from the estate of Mr. Fredrick Charles Woodman.
IWA had to offer further guarantees that sufficient money was available to complete the rebuilding, which meant that an additional joint campaign between the Grantham Canal Society and IWA was necessary to raise additional funds. Additional grants were obtained from Lincolnshire County Council through the Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership and the East Midlands Development Agency.
IWA, through its Honorary Consultant Engineer Roy Sutton, also undertook to produce extensive drawings and calculations to demonstrate how the work could be done.
Following further discussions and agreement with British Waterways, quotations were sought from several contractors and Morrison Construction’s proposals for the method of rebuilding have been accepted. Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try Group of Companies, has now been engaged to start work shortly.
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