Upper Loughor 2012 LDP Ward Profile Summary
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Appendix 1 – Costs: Tawe to Players Yard, Clydach Length and works Estimated Cost (approx.) Tawe to Enterprise Lake 400m Works: Two locks and associated works Navigation culvert (Valley Way) Dredging and Excavation £3.8 million Enterprise Lake – 450m No works proposed Enterprise Lake to Clarion Close – 900m Works: Two locks and associated works Navigation culvert (Fendrod Way) Culvert improvement (Clarion Way) Dredging and Excavation £8.8 million Clarion Close to M4 – 1150m Works: One lock and associated works Two navigation culverts Channel excavation Service diversion £7.3 million M4 crossing – 150m Works: One lock and associated works Modification of flood defence works Channel excavation Realign Garth Road One lift-bridge (Garth Road crossing) £2.9 million Garth Road to A4067 – 1300m Works: Two locks and associated works Two lift bridges (accommodation crossings) Channel Excavation Land purchase £3.0 million A4067 to Clydach – 600m Works: Three locks and associated works Two lift bridges (accommodation) Thrustbore tunnel under A5067 Aqueduct over Tawe Channel excavation £6.0 million TOTAL – 4950m ≈ 5km Works: Eleven locks and associated works Five navigation culverts Five lift bridges One thrustbore tunnel One Aqueduct Channel dredging and excavation £29.8 million ≈ £30 million Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Notes on costs All costs include prelims and contingencies Cost based on items identified in 2002 Atkins report into the restoration of the Neath, Tennant and Swansea Canal These costs are indicative and are at 2020 prices, however since the original costs were prepared new techniques have developed for certain structures in particular culverts and these costs may now be lower in real terms then when the original report was prepared. It is assumed that no work is required on the enterprise lake All locks are assumed to be manually operated and capable of taking a vessel 25 metres long by 5 metres beam All bridges are assumed to be able to take vessel 5 metres beam with an airdraft of 2.5m All lift bridges are assumed to be manual The protected Fendrod canal route through Swansea Vale The Nant y Fendrod Road crossing the Nant y Fendrod Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. The route is protected by a landscaped active travel corridor from the Fendrod to the motorway and railway crossings Motorway crossing, with railway bridge beyond The canal route extends north towards Clydach NOTES. Photos taken in 2014. The route is still available and protected by Swansea LDP. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. APPENDIX 2 Extracts from the Swansea Local Development Plan 1. T8 : Canal Network 2. Concept Plan for Swansea Vale showing protected corridor for the Fendrod Link. 3. Concept Plan showing protected route for Tennant Link. 4. Canal route to be safeguarded and enhanced with landscaping and active travel routes. For further information, view the LPD online https://swansea.gov.uk/ldp Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. APPENDIX 3 The Heritage of the Tawe River Navigation. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. The Cambrian Pottery by Thomas Rothwell in 1790s showing busy river traffic By kind permission of Swansea Museums Service Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. ‘The Port of Swansea’ 1882, showing the Tawe River Navigation in the “New Cut”, North Dock, Swansea Canal, South Dock and Prince of Wales Dock. By kind permission of Associated British Ports Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. River barges moored at the Vivian Phosphate Works on the Tawe River Navigation in the 1930s Permission of John Andrew Davies Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. APPENDIX 4 Artists impressions from the ‘Copper Jack – New Destinations’ video produced by iCreate, Swansea. 1. Proposed landing pontoon at Hafod Quay 2. Proposed Clydach Canal Centre on the Swansea Canal Published by Swansea View the video on the Swansea Community Boat Trust websiteCommunity www.scbt.org.uk Boat Trust with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Published by Swansea Community Boat Trust with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. Published by Swansea Community Boat Trust with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Published by Swansea Community Boat Trust with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Moss Naylor Young - Registered at Companies House No. 7520263 [email protected] www.mossnayloryoung.com. .