Core Brief December 2015
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• 5:30 Introduction – Jon Horsfall • 5:35 Flood Updates – Tom Wright / Mike Marshall • 6:05 Business Plan Priorities 2016 – Jon Horsfall / Mike Marshall • 6:30 Volunteering update – Rebecca Dent • 6:40 Events and Days Out – Tom Wright • 6:50 Navigation – Stuart McKenzie • 6.55 Pocklington update – Jane Thomson • 7:00 Networking / buffet / Date of next meeting • 8:30 Close Mike Marshall Tom Wright 24th December – 25th December - Duty officers dealing with “normal” flood conditions, responding to telemetry alarms, directing water control and advising / ensuring customer safety. 25th December am – Heavy rain begins across Pennines / Calder / Colne Valleys after two months extensive rainfall 8.00pm On call teams for Calder and Hebble and Aire Calder mobilised to deal with increased alarms at Knostrop and on Calder and Hebble 26th December 2.00 am - teams responding to high levels on both navigations - undertaking water control over 70 alarms received. Stand down at 6.00 am for sleep remobilised to check levels later that morning. Mid-day water control impossible. Media interest begins and flooding reports, extended warnings and severe weather warnings escalated and monitored. Throughout late evening alarms continue, teams respond but areas of waterway becoming inaccessible. Boat clubs and boat yards contacted by duty officer and situation monitored overnight. First boat reported missing from Knostrop at 7.30pm, emergency services informed. Aire corridor in Leeds inaccessible. Situation monitored until first light. 27th December - scale of flooding increases with no forecast on peak flows. Incident response begins Waterway, extra resources and AM&P team mobilised by Duty Officer to Knostrop. Immediate response begins at 8.00am NE incident control established and Contract support mobilised to remove boats stranded on weir and deal with breach at Knostrop. Levels in Calderdale and Kirklees still make most parts of affected Calder and Hebble Navigation inaccessible until early afternoon. Reports of damage on Calder and Hebble begin. 28th December - Calder and Hebble inspected and immediate aftermath evident. All major sites inspected by DC, MM and JH. Priorities identified for response. Gold command established. No evidence of damage at Elland Bridge at 1.00pm. Police called to depression at Elland bridge at Midnight. 29th December - 1.00am road closed, Calderdale engineers called out Fire Brigade notify Trust at 1.40 am asked to close navigation. Trust contacted again at 4.10am and told our Bridge DC called and mobilised. Keir mobilised to close bridge. Calderdale highways set up diversions, Pedestrian access discussed and interim solution identified. 30th December – 4th January – Waterway continue to contact customers and deal with enquiries. Waterway and AM&P continue priority discussions and continuing monitoring of structures. Regional engineer deals with Calderdale engineers in relation to Elland Bridge. 4th January – 12th January – cost evaluation ; preparing for mobilisation ; plans established for recovery of Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble ; Liaison with Las and CCs for funding submission ; customer and media engagement • Aire and Calder Navigation – Knostrop (Leeds) to Lemonroyd 10Km includes Major breach of Aire into Navigation. • Damage to Assets, infrastructure throughout including significant erosion. • Flooding at Fearns Wharf • EA recorded peak levels at 4.8m above datum – worst flooding for 70 years in Leeds • Calder and Hebble Navigation – Elland to Wakefield (30km) impacted with major infrastructure damage at key points • Salterhebble scour • Elland Bridge • Elland Lock • Park Nook Lock • Embankment / weir erosion • Crowther Bridge (non C&RT asset) • Extensive towpath deformation • Cromwell lock perimeter • Brookfoot scour • Kirklees Low, Overtopping and Breach • Figure of Three, scour – Dewsbury Arm • Broadcut overtopping Lock 14 to Todmorden – Target of ASAP; actual date dependent on development of landslip repair solution Hebden Bridge to Lock 14 – On target for opening June 16; Sowerby Bridge to Hebden Bridge – On target for opening by Easter Sowerby Bridge to Salterhebble Locks – Open Salterhebble Locks to Cooper Bridge – Planned opening June 16 Cooper Bridge to Figure of 3 Locks – On target for opening by Easter Living waterways transform places and enrich lives • Fantastic support when the operational team were extremely stretched • locks at Salterhebble, Long Lees and Mills Lock Surveyed. • Stuck once at Long Lees! • A ‘Herculean’ effort from staff and volunteers – who moved more than 200 tonnes of stone and materials (that’s roughly 25 African elephants) – has helped to reopen the first stretches of flood damaged towpath along the Rochdale Canal through Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden Jon Horsfall Mike Marshall Defines our long term ambition - to 2025 • Our vision • Six strategic goals • Scale of ambition linked to each strategic goal Customer Impact & Satisfaction Asset Condition & Resilience Network Expansion Our People Investment Return & Income Non-Investment & Charitable Income Productivity & Efficiency Brand, Reputation & Engagement Support Visitor & Visit Growth Quality of Place Visitor Experience Community Value Events & Open Days Education & Youth Engagement Adoptions Volunteering Diversity & Inclusion But PLATFORMS for so much more … The Outcomes: Outputs Delivering economic, social, environmental & cultural wellbeing to demonstrate relevance & value • The plan delivers rising spend in charitable expenditure through the three years of the plan, as shown below 250 INCOME 200 150 CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE £m 100 50 0 Actual Actual F'cast F8 Plan Plan Plan 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Total incoming resources Total resources expended on charitable activities • Prompt and meaningful responses to enquiries • Clean and well maintained facilities • Deliver on promises • Safe environment • Clear and accurate information – accessible to customers • Enforcement issues dealt with promptly • Presence onsite • Good facilities around the patch • Asset delivery programmes • Priority projects • Flood repair programme • Dredging programme • Priority works and stoppages • Operational contracts delivery • Customer programmes • Local partnership & customer service improvements • Destination development & management Plans including signage roll-out programme • Friday 29th April – Data goes live on website • Friday 17th June – Last date for receipt of comments • Friday 26th August – Final plan goes live • Stoppage dates are from 31st Oct to 22nd Dec and 3rd Jan to 31st Mar. • Jordans Lock – Gate replacement • Doncaster Lock – Gate replacement • Kirklees Low Lock – Lock floor repairs • Ledgard Flood Lock – Possibly summer stoppage Mike Marshall Ramsden’s foot-bridge is a ‘tubewright brook’ bridge. It is a high level bridge and is accessed by steps on both sides of the navigation. Currently it is the only bridge that can be used to cross the navigation as the swing bridge adjacent is swung off and is inoperable. The bridge carries services to the lock cottages in addition to the footpath. Ramsden’s swing bridge is a fairly typical manually operated vehicular swing bridge. It is directly adjacent to the footbridge. As Ward Lane is now a cul-de-sac no vehicular access is possible to the bridge and any replacement will need to cater for only pedestrians and cyclists. It has been swung into a canal open position for some time. Both bridges are in poor condition and the Trust considers they are beyond economic repair. Options: 1 Remove the foot and swing bridges, and replace with new fixed pedestrian bridge 2 Remove foot and swing bridges, and replace with new light weight pedestrian manually operated swing bridge 3 Remove foot and swing bridges with no replacement Consultation Responses Total Responses received 17 (100%) In favour option 1 (Footbridge) 5 (30%) In favour option 2 (Swing Bridge) 10 (59%) In favour option 3 (no bridge) 0 (0%) No preference 2 (11%) Canalrivertrust.org.uk Canalrivertrust.org.uk Summary 204 directly recruited volunteers (16/17) Breakdown: - 5 Volunteer Leaders - 6 Towpath Taskforces (approx. 40 volunteers attending regularly) - 11 Litter rangers - 45 operational Volunteer Lock Keepers - 10 partnership members - + lots more! • 39 active partner groups • 10 active adoptions • Approximately 10 miles of canal adopted in the North East region. • Partner groups range from Girl Guides, Scouts, ‘Britain in Bloom’ competitors, canal societies and even a group of pirates! Brighouse Towpath Taskforce - Led by Ruth a CRT lead volunteer - Maintenance tasks focused - Calder & Hebble at Brookfoot. - Transformed the into a lovely picnic area. - Mobilised immediately following the floods working alongside the army, new volunteers and staff. Naburn Conservation Volunteers • Team of 8 volunteers • based at Naburn Locks on the River Ouse. • Restored an old forge and old workshops. • Giving tours of the old workshops. • Supported the planning and delivery of the first heritage open day at Naburn. • Laying and planting hedges. Mexborough Ferry Boat Association • Uncovered an old ferry wharf including stone sets. • Created raised beds. • Clearing litter • Fund raisers. (£1000 grant from Amazon) • Planning for interpretation. • Active social media promoters with some great augmented reality shots. • Planning their first community festival this year 16th July. To find out more visit: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/volunteer Becca Dent Volunteer Development