CRT: 'A good year despite floods'

摘要

Despite the winter floods and other emergency calls on its resources, the Canal & River Trust increased its spending on waterway maintenance and reduced unscheduled stoppages, according to its annual report for 2015-16. It helps that this was the year that the £10m of extra annual government funding kicked in. The cash boost was partly offset by an expected reduction in commercial income after a one-off major property deal boosted last year's figures. But, even after £3.8m went into emergency work including dealing with Pennine floods, culvert collapses and the Caen Hill towpath washout, there was still more than £5m extra spent on the rest of the network.