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Urban areas and road run-off are important areas of concern, and which practical measures should be taken to minimise. This is particularly true of new plans and developments, but a review of road drainage is also desirable. 20) Further research to determine the various loadings, from agricultural run-off, main feeder supplies, grey water, urban run-off and point sources will be encouraged. 21) Planning applications that are within the potential catchment of the canal will continue to be scrutinised to ensure best practice, and minimise potential pollution or eutrophication. 7.5.3 Management of other environmental issues Following the established principle of implementing best environmental practices, the Partnership will ensure this is carried through in all physical works for the restoration. Best practices will include use of EA Pollution Prevention Guidance, other published guidance on good management of construction environmental impacts and site-specific sustainability management plans. Specific measures cannot be established at this stage as best practice is continually evolving. 22) During the design, planning and implementation of restoration works, the Partnership and appointed consultants/contractors will establish appropriate environmental management systems to implement best environmental practices in the works. References for further information Black and Veatch Consulting (2004) Feasibility Study to explore the possibility of extending the Montgomery Canal into Newtown. 102pp + appendices British Waterways (2002) Border Counties Waterways Water Management Plan. 41pp. BWB (1986) Water Supply and Discharge Points. Series of 1:10,000 maps. Environmental Simulations International (esi) (2001) Upper Severn Area Hydrogeological and hydrological assessment of selected wetland sites. Montgomery Canal. 35pp. Smith (Oct 2002) Montgomery Canal Water Quality Review 1990 – 2002 Queens Head and Rednal Moss Feeder. 24 pp + graphs. 125
7.6 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR ACCESS An access audit commissioned as part of the Conservation Management Strategy includes a review of related initiatives, and a full audit of the canal towpath. The audit includes current conditions, the state of existing connections, and provides a comprehensive list of recommended improvements. The audit will be used to provide detailed proposals for achieving the aims and delivering the schemes outlined in the following sections on walking and cycling. 7.6.1 Walking i. Local Walking 1) Formal connections to highways, and villages/settlements will be enhanced, in order to encourage access by local people, and where appropriate encourage canal visitors into the wider corridor. This will include: • Better signing of the public footpath network connections to the canal towpath • Removal of stiles and other barriers at access points from roads • Improvements to stiles onto public footpath network • Replacement of steps with access ramps where appropriate Detailed measures have been identified in the access audit. 2) Towpath surfacing will be upgraded, with priorities drawn from the access audit. Regular simple wooden benches will be provided along the towpath. 3) All ability access will be particularly catered for at Queen’s Head, Llanymynech, Burgedin, Welshpool and Berriew. Further sites will be identified for later phases of restoration. The flat nature of the towpath, and many small car parking facilities make the canal an ideal location for such use. Such use is the first priority of the local authority highways and countryside teams, and other uses will therefore be dependent on compatibility. 4) Local Circular routes will be researched, with priority to routes from villages and local car parks. These routes will require waymarking over and above normal highway standards, and should be developed in consultation and partnership with landowners and Parish and Community Councils. Routes will be of variable length, and designed to connect with adjacent sites of interest e.g. Llanymynech Heritage Area. Existing published routes will be incorporated into this network. Resources are currently available through both the Ruralscapes and the County Council Countryside Service, to take this forward in Shropshire. 5) Special routes with individual themes will be explored, to complement the Dragonfly Trail in Welshpool. Existing resources, including Denton, and old British Waterways built heritage walks can be updated, and new themes based on the rich local cultural heritage, social history, and arts developed. 6) The creation of new nature reserves will be used to establish further opportunities for local walks and there will be a presumption in favour of access to reserves. Where appropriate short nature trails, with on-site interpretation and hides should be installed. Key larger sites can be further developed for educational access. Improved access to Aston Nature reserve, and installation of interpretation, is in hand. 126
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document is t
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1. INTRODUCTION Summary of chapter
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1.1 THE PARTNERSHIP This Strategy h
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1.3 COMPANION REPORTS Throughout th
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Llangollen Canal Frankton Junction
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2.1 INTRODUCTION Many of the conser
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(Department for Culture Media and S
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A key aim of the Shropshire Tourism
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3.1 LANDSCAPE HERITAGE 3.1.1 Overvi
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iv. The Canal The driving force beh
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Table 3.1. Montgomery Canal Corrido
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The country has been divided up int
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Although there is little natural wo
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References for further information
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they have undergone extensive repai
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xi. Water Economy The canal require
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iii. Canal-related industry The nat
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This Strategy seeks to further deve
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The Shropshire Biodiversity Action
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Mammals: Bats Pipistrelle Noctule D
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Overall the Welsh section is lightl
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3.6 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR ACCESS 3.
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3.6.2 Cycling Cycling is growing in
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4. OPTIONS APPRAISAL Summary of cha
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Proposals for restoration in any fo
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OPTION 1 1B 2 2B 3 3B 4 4b 5 Archae
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5. VISION Summary of chapter The pr
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Table 11.1 Commitments to Action. F
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