Dean's vision for canals.DEAN DAVIES who has become the new waterways manager of the Coventry Canal The Coventry Canal is a narrow canal in the Midlands of England. The canal starts in Coventry and ends 38 miles (65 km) north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. , is looking at ways of enhancing the area. He will be responsible for more than 100 miles of canals, and is seeking to conserve and improve the 200-year-old network. Mr Davies, aged 33, said: "I'm hoping to improve more towpaths along the canal which flows through Coventry and its outskirts." Mr Davies has worked for British Waterways British Waterways is a government body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Scottish Executive in the United Kingdom. It is the navigation authority for the vast majority of the inland waterways in the UK. for five years, as a waterway engineer in Nottingham and then as acting waterway manager at Lapworth. He will be based at Fradley junction Fradley Junction (grid reference SK140139) between Fradley and Alrewas near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England is the point at which the Coventry Canal joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. , near Burton on Trent, and will be responsible for the Coventry, Ashby and part of the Trent and Mersey canals The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5 miles (150 km) long canal in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and North West of England. It is mostly a "narrow canal" (locks and bridges big enough for a narrowboat 72 feet long x 7 feet wide) but east of Burton on Trent, it is a wide canal . |
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