by David Edwards-May | May 5, 2012 | Waterway restoration
Former IWI president Tom Grasso has been campaigning for eight years to bring back to life the enlarged (1842) Erie Canal in downtown Rochester, NY. The World Canals Conference was held here for the second time in September 2010. ‘The event took us a dramatic...
by David Edwards-May | May 4, 2012 | Waterway funding
Parks Canada’s heritage canals are open as usual this year despite the severe budget cuts imposed on the organization. (post updated by Dave Ballinger on May 21) It was announced by the Minister of the Environment the Hon. Peter Kent on Friday May 18 that the...
by David Edwards-May | May 3, 2012 | Recreational waterway dimensions
There is much concern in many parts of Europe, and especially on the secondary waterways in France, about maintenance of canal banks and the related issue of dredging. As author of the European Waterways Map & Directory, I adopted for that overview map the...
by David Edwards-May | May 3, 2012 | New waterways
South Korea will soon be celebrating completion of the 19km long Gyeong-In Waterway from the river Han west of the capital Seoul to the Western Sea just north of the port of Incheon. The canal has been in operation for nearly a year, but we have just heard that the...
by David Edwards-May | May 2, 2012 | Policy
… and all who use them! Welcome to IWI’s blog! The association, founded in 1995*, aims to raise awareness of the value of navigable rivers and canals in many of the densely-populated regions of the planet. Lobbying for governments’ attention and spending...