Manchester Ship Canal

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RE: Manchester Ship Canal

(16/05/2016 19:54)wirralbus Wrote:  Will this have any detrimental effect on the Manchester Ship canal cruises by Mersey ferries .

It's likely as the canal is currently closed above Barton locks so if the cruises do continue to run then they won't be able to complete the full route up to Salford. The only option would be to unload at either Irlam or Barton locks and then move people up to Salford via coach, however I'm fairly certain that this might not be practically possible from either of these locations so there may well be cancelations. This is presuming that the aftermath isn't cleared up in the next couple of weeks. As it stands it is not looking likely it will be cleared anytime soon as the investigation is yet to commence and then on top of this the bridge deck has to be removed which itself will be a logistical nightmare, and finally the canal will have to be surveyed for any debris that's ended up in the drink and this also will have to be removed before traffic can return to normal.