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 | Nov 15, 2014 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Inland water transport, Personal, Waterway personalities, Waterway restoration
Sonia Rolt – known to many on the canals simply and affectionately as ‘Sonia’ – died peacefully in hospital on 22 October, after a short illness at the age of 95. Her death has meant the passing of the last of the Idle Women who was still actively involved with...
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 | Jan 28, 2014 | Cultural & industrial heritage, New waterways, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy, World Canals Conference
Member Navigli Lombardi is hosting the 27th World Canals Conference in Milan on September 1-4. Sign up for the Conference and the pre- and post-conference tours. Also read background news and features on our Blog. The conference/tours page of Euromapping’s...
by David Edwards-May | Dec 19, 2013 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway restoration, World Canals Conference
The 27th World Canals Conference is to be held in Italy for the first time, and will be based in one of the ‘birthplaces’ of European canals: Milan, from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th September 2014. The public agency for development of Milan’s canals, Navigli...
by David Edwards-May | Jan 27, 2013 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
VNF’s summary report on its activities in 2012 devotes one of its 10 chapters to the tree-replanting programme and corporate patronage approach to funding the €200 million restoration of the Canal du Midi’s characteristic landscape. VNF reports (in its New Year...