by David Edwards-May | Apr 11, 2018 | Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions
Plastics in our oceans are an issue that is receiving increasing attention worldwide. All who navigate on our inland waterways have their role to play in preventing plastic wastes from entering any water body. Plastic wastes on great rivers like the Yangtze or the...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 3, 2017 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy, World Canals Conference
The recent World Canals Conference in Syracuse, NY, was a great success, with more than 350 delegates from 12 countries. I took part in a pre-conference ‘Tour the Towpath’ cycling rally on September 23-24, followed by IWI’s Annual General Meeting on...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 14, 2016 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Personal, Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterway personalities, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy
American adventurer Charles Hedrich recently completed an extraordinary voyage, rowing throughout the French waterway system. Between late May and the end of October 2016, he covered 3000 km of canals and river navigations, passing through more than 500 locks. The...
by David Edwards-May | Dec 7, 2015 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterfront development, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway restoration
We are unequivocally supporting the efforts by the association Unser Finowkanal to secure the future of this important heritage waterway, bypassed by the modern Havel-Oder Waterway. The Federal Government has declared its intention to close the canal for navigation,...
by David Edwards-May | Jan 30, 2014 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterfront development, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
A sense of urgency permeates the air in Lombardy as well as in neighbouring Piedmont, Emilia Romagna and Veneto regions, regarding Italy’s network of navigable canals and rivers. What reality will be revealed to the world of inland waterway specialists and advocates,...
by David Edwards-May | Aug 20, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
Claudio Repossi of Navigli Lombardi reports on a series of events to raise awareness of the historic, cultural and recreational values of the Locarno (Switzerland) to Milan waterway via the river Ticino. As part of the joint Italian-Swiss project Intrecci sull’acqua –...