This was particularly unfortunate as it undid many well-executed restoration schemes carried out post 1990 re-unification.
This acted as a catalyst for several restoration schemes, including one for the Sleaford Navigation.
The restoration scheme was approved by Birmingham City Council on 16 October 2008.
In the 1980s I was involved in a restoration scheme on the east side of Merthyr.
The restoration scheme is planned to take 18 months, split into two phases.
The restoration scheme applied included the first two steps mentioned above.
It is the subject of an active restoration scheme.
However, now that the railway has been dismantled the canal has become the subject of an active and ambitious restoration scheme.
The restoration scheme, to be completed by 1998, should ensure a minimum flow of 34 million litres a day.
Distribution load shedding and restoration schemes play a vital role in emergency operation and control in any utility.