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Regeneration Of The River Great Ouse Through Bedford Could Be The Catalyst For Developing Waterway Project

The Mayor of Bedford and Patrick Hall MP join celebratory riverside walk

Above - The first of 3 new interpretation boards installed along the River Great Ouse in Bedford, this one outside the Swan Hotel, explaining about the B&MK project and its link to the river.

Opening up the River Great Ouse through Bedford could be the catalyst for further developing the proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes waterway project (B&MK), as well as fulfilling its potential to regenerate Bedford town centre.

The Mayor of Bedford, David Hodgson, and the Bedford and Kempston MP, Patrick Hall, plan to join B&MK Trust members on a celebratory “board walk” on Saturday, 6 February 2010, to mark the installation of three striking interpretation boards explaining the proposal to create the missing 26 km waterway link between the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the Great Ouse at Bedford.

The boards are located near Aspects Cinema, at Bedford Lock and opposite the Swan Hotel.

“A strategy to regenerate the Great Ouse through Bedford would herald an exciting new phase of restoration, which is integral to the proposed waterway venture and the development of Marston Vale,” said Jane Wolfson, B&MK Trust Chair.

Patrick Hall commented: “This is another positive step on the way to achieving the wonderful goal of the new waterway. I congratulate the Trust for never giving up and welcome the Council’s strong support.”

Mayor, David Hodgson said, “I am looking forward to joining the ‘board walk’ along the river, marking the new interpretation boards for the exciting Bedford & Milton Keynes waterway project. I’m sure that the new boards will increase enthusiasm for the project even further.”

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