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Update 30 July 2025, 11:10am
Work is still ongoing on site, and our engineering team continues to undertake the necessary repairs to the lock. We appreciate your continued patience as we carry out these essential works. We will review progress again and provide a further update by Friday 8th August.
Update 16 July 2025, 11:28am
We are pleased to update that our engineering team have now sourced the new cables needed for the essential repairs to this lock and our team has begun work on site today 16th July. Repairs are now in progress and are expected to take approximately 2 weeks to complete. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we carry out these essential works to ensure the continued safe operation of the waterway. We will update this notice on or before the 30th July.
Update 4 July 2025, 4:13pm
Our Engineering team continue to plan these essential repairs and obtain the parts needed to do this. We expect that it will be another 2-4 weeks before repairs are complete and navigation can resume. Further update will be given on or before 18 July 2025.
Update 27 June 2025, 3:30pm
The team working on the repair of this lock have confirmed that new cables, those which lower and lift the gates, are needed for the operating mechanism and they are currently procuring these. Once these cables have been swaged by the supplier, to suit the Salterhebble mechanism, they can be delivered to site.
To install the new cables a scaffold is needed for access, and this is currently being designed. The job is more complicated than initially thought and so we anticipate it will take 4 weeks rather than the hoped for 2 weeks.
We will update this notice on the 11th July,
Update 20 June 2025, 2:12pm
Our engineers have inspected and assessed the condition of the lock mechanism and have concluded that works are needed to ensure it can be safely operated. The planning and mobilisation for these works is underway and we anticipate that these works will take between 2 and 4 weeks to complete; our team will do all they can to complete the works in 2 weeks.
We will provide a progress update in this notice on 27th June.
Original 17 June 2025, 5:26pm
Because of safety concerns we are having to suspend use of this lock whilst our engineers carry out an in-depth inspection and assessment of the lock mechanism. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes but we need to ensure that it can be safely operated. We will update this notice by 2pm on Friday.
