A SECTION of canal has been refilled with water after work on a retaining wall was completed.
Volunteers from the Cotswold Canals Trust and workers from Gardiners Construction based in Chalford helped complete the project between Wallbridge Upper and Lower Locks in Stroud, lasting around six weeks, on Friday, October 14.
Dave Marshall, Stroud District Council’s canal manager said: “It has been a seven day a week operation to get this completed in order to comply with the Environment Agency fish spawning directives.
“This has been achieved by a diverse group of people working together.
"The teams have come from Stroud District Council’s Tuesday & Thursday group, led by Paul Weller and Jon Pontefract, Cotswold Canals Trust Western Depot volunteers and members of the Waterway Recovery Group.
"We even had a group of Network Rail’s administrative staff on a team building exercise. They have all pitched in."
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