Liverpool canal is a link with history

01 April 2009

A new stretch of canal has been officially unveiled in Liverpool to re-establish a historic connection between the city’s South Docks and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The £22M scheme will open up the city’s waterfront to ‘previously untapped leisure and tourism industry’, according to the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).

This would enable the 30,000 boats on Britain’s inland waterways to navigate the 127-mile canal straight into the heart of Liverpool for the first time in 100 years.

Steven Broomhead, NWDA chief executive, said: ‘The completion of this landmark canal link is further progress in the drive to transform Liverpool’s world-famous waterfront, and ensure it can realise its potential as an international visitor destination.’

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