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ORGANISERS of Newbury’s canalside festival warned yesterday (Sunday) that government cuts could shut canals and increase flood risks.Over a thousand people – and 700 plastic ducks – enjoyed some watery fun at the Newbury Waterways festival in Victoria Park. But swingeing budget cuts at British Waterways have left an uncertain future for the canal network. When the European Union fined the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £200million over the shambolic introduction of new farming grants, the department cut other agencies’ budgets. British Waterways was stripped of 10% of its annual budget in the middle of the 2006 financial year. And festival director Rob Dean, of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, said that further cuts in three-year spending plans currently being drawn up in Whitehall could see the canal closed. The government is also considering privatising the waterways. He said: “The waterways are Britain’s biggest National Park. They might be very narrow, but they are 4000 miles long. They are just such an accessible national asset. “But they are very vulnerable. It doesn’t take much to go wrong. It is really important that we lobby the government.“Last week’s floods showed how the canal has to be maintained. You can’t just restore it and leave it. The canal breached down at Midgham last weekend so British Waterways have been here repairing it.“If they do not have the funding to do that then the canal will close. It is as simple as that.”The canal only fully reopened
If they do not have the funding to do that then the canal will close. It is as simple as that
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