RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW

摘要

With a stroke of her pen on Sunday 1st July, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman signed away BW from government control, and 11 days later the new Canal & River Trust held celebrations across the waterway network. The national launch was held in London, at a hotel overlooking Camden Lock. Speeches by Caroline Spelman, waterways minister Richard Benyon, chief executive Robin Evans and IWA chairman Clive Henderson were given against a backdrop of narrowboat traffic, reminding the audience of the essential navigational purpose of the new Trust.