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Repairs to a stretch of Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire badly damaged during flooding are expected to be completed by the end next year. Stabilisation works following last year's breach are almost done and work is due to start in the summer to re-instate the embankment, which was swept away during flooding at Little Bollington on New Year's Day.

The Bridgewater Canal Company has confirmed that the repair programme has now moved into its next phase, with stabilisation works nearing completion and the formal design process for reinstating the embankment now underway. SLR Consulting (formerly Wardell Armstrong) has been appointed as principal consultant to lead on the design and project management of the reinstatement following a competitive tender process.

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