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Shortlist Announced For National Waterway Awards

Nineteen outstanding projects along canals and rivers in the UK have been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

Inspirational education programmes, innovative engineering and construction schemes and pioneering environmental initiatives are all seeking to win a coveted Waterways Renaissance Award.

The Waterways Renaissance Awards, run by The Waterways Trust, recognise exceptional projects that have turned inland waterways into desirable places for living, learning and leisure.

The Waterways Trust is a national charity. Since 1999 they have worked with their partners to enrich people’s lives through waterways.

Roger Hanbury, Chief Executive, explains: “This is the ninth year of the Waterway Renaissance Awards and it is truly inspiring to see that, even in these very challenging economic times, people and organisations are continuing to work together to realise the benefits of our canals and rivers for communities across the UK. All projects reaching the finalist stage should be justifiably proud of all that they have achieved.”

The winners of the 2011 Waterways Renaissance Awards, which are sponsored by CPC Civils, Halcrow, May Gurney and Morrison Construction will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Birmingham on Wednesday, 25th May 2011.

The finalist projects and categories are:

Area-Based Regeneration

• Three Mills Lock and Water Control Structure, London
• Walsall Waterfront, West Midlands

Community

• ABCD Towingpath Access Improvements, Wolverhampton
• Hanbury Wharf, Droitwich
• Loxwood Bridge and Lock, West Sussex
• Union 10, Edinburgh & Falkirk

Design & Construction

• Loxwood Bridge and Lock, West Sussex
• Three Mills Lock and Water Control Structure, London
• Walsall Waterfront, West Midlands
• Weybridge 24 hour Moorings, Surrey

Education & Learning

• Coffee & Crochet at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
• Learning is Fun, West Cheshire College, Cheshire
• Mills, Mines & Malt, Mirfield, West Yorkshire

Flood Risk Management

• Dearne Valley Green Heart, South Yorkshire
• Three Mills Lock and Water Control Structure, London

Historic Environment

• Celebration of the Crinan Canal by the Dalriada Project, Mid Argyll
• Restoration of Ryeford Double Locks, Stroud
• Linlithgow Canal Green Tourism Project, Linlithgow

Innovation

• Improved Search and Rescue on Inland Waterways, Thames Valley
• Making Best Use of the Area’s Waterways, East Yorkshire

Partnership

• Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
• Dearne Valley Green Heart, South Yorkshire
• Improved Search & Rescue, Thames Valley
• Making Best Use of the Area’s Waterways, East Yorkshire
• Whicelstowe, Swindon

Natural Environment

• Dearne Valley Green Heart, South Yorkshire
• Mersey Life Portfolio Project, Merseyside

Recreation & Tourism

• Celebration of the Crinan Canal by the Dalriada Project, Mid Argyll
• Dearne Valley Green Heart, South Yorkshire
• Linlithgow Canal Green Tourism Project, Linlithgow

Strategy & Masterplanning

• Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
• Wichelstowe, Swindon

Details of the individual projects together with contact details for each project can be found at www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk

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