Buckby Lock Flight

Detail

From Date: 02/08/2020 00:00

To Date: 10/08/2020 13:14 inclusive

Type: Navigation Closure

Reason: Maintenance

Is the towpath closed? No

Location

Closest waterway: Grand Union Canal

Starts at: Lock 7, Top Lock

Ends at: Lock 13

Updates

10/08/2020 13:14

These works have now been completed and the Lock flight is being opened up again. Customers can now proceed through Buckby Lock Flight as normal. Thank you for your continued patience while these works took place.

06/08/2020 11:21

After de-watering the lock and completing the fish rescue, we unfortunately discovered further maintenance issues, which require our attention. 

These works include repairs to both wooden cills, which are loose and there is also a hole in the lock gate which requires further maintenance work. 

Due to the location of the required works, we cannot get our crane boat close enough to assist and therefore a lot of the work is being done manually by our maintenance team on site.  This consequently means that these works will take slightly longer then we originally planned.

However, we are working hard to complete this job as soon as possible and aim to be finished by Monday afternoon.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciated our customers continued patience during this time.

03/08/2020 12:20

The Engineers have examined the cill this morning and assessed what repairs are needed.

We are moving our boats in place today, then the pumps and equipment needed for this job, will be delivered on Tuesday.

There will be a fish rescue, which will take most of the day on Wednesday and then we will begin our repair works on Thursday morning.

We aim to complete the required maintenance work by the end of the day on Friday, but we will update our website as soon as we know more.

Description

Unfortunately, we have had to temporarily close the Buckby Lock Flight. 

One of the Cills has blown, on the third lock as you approach from the bottom of the flight. 

We will be on site tomorrow morning, to carry out a full investigation. 

We aim to have the lock flight operational again by Friday and will update the website tomorrow when we have more information. 

We appreciate our customers patience at this time.

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