Trust so far Maintenance priorities this year Major works activity Vegetation & FM priorities & new contract - Visitor moorings progress - Water

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1 Jeff Whyatt Autumn 2013

2 Trust so far Maintenance priorities this year Major works activity Vegetation & FM priorities & new contract Boating - Visitor moorings progress - Water situation / Lockage volume - Evasion / enforcement update Volunteer highlights Communications / keeping in touch Rebranding

3 Impact Report Governance Trustees Waterway Partnership Advisory Group Fundraising Volunteering DEFRA SE Waterway Partnership Draft Strategic Plan

4 Number of High Priority Defects (Total = 561) Towpath Improvements Towpath Improvements Bank Protection Piling 126 Leak Stopping Fencing Metal Works Brickwork Lock Repairs Engineering 99 Access Improvements Signage Estates Metalwork/ handrails Bank Protection Ditching/Drainage Other Timber Repairs Paddle/Sluice Repairs Vegetation Works Spot Dredging Fencing Leak Stopping Other

5 Kidlington 200m of Piling installed with Coir Roll on top for habitat GU Lock 74 Timber gate bumper repairs to refurbish gate Braunston Towpath Improvements to deal with drainage problems Other Works Include: Leak stopping Access improvements Fencing replacement Soft Bank Protection at Bridge 121. Competed with RAF volunteers

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7 Type of Works Gate Replacement Gate Repair/Refurbish Other Lock Repairs Number 10 leaves at 6 locks 20 locks 12 locks Aylesbury Arm works carried out during the closure for the lock 12 wall collapse. Refurbishment of lock 12 top gate carried out as additional work. New lock ladders to be installed by contractors at Stockton Locks during planned waterway stoppage. Focus on lock and lock gate repairs as fewer gates to be replaced this year. Some works focused on improving the condition grade of locks.

8 Projects completed in last 12 months Winwick Embankment - Badger exclusion Toovey s Bridge refurbishment and repainting Oxford Bridges 79 & 80 stabilisation and repairs brickwork completed by WRG Watford Locks 5 & 6 grouting of leakage into side pond Weston Turville Reservoir lowering of head bank to create new auxiliary weir. Works in the interest of Safety under Reservoir Act. Repairs to Bridge 163 Cassiobury Park Towing Path Surfacing Cassiobury Park Third Party Funded.

9 North Oxford Bridges, 79 & 80 Completed in Sept 2012

10 Ongoing Braunston Backpumping installation of power supply and final commissioning. Tringford Pumping Station completion of investigation works to allow installation of new pumps within well number 2 and full automation. Aylesbury Lock 12 Repair repairs are underway and due for completion to allow canal to reopen on 25/11/2013

11 2014/15 Projects Bridge 34 North Oxford Canal Refurbishment of Public Road Bridge South Oxford Canal Culvert 75A Replacement of failed culvert Grand Union Leicester Summit Pound Spot Dredging 1M project Rugby Arm Dredging of arm. Refurbishment of Soulbury Three Locks Pumping Station. Refurbishment of Milton Keynes Bridges 82,84 and 87 Refurbishment of South Oxford Lift Bridges Grouting to prevent Leakage Mandelyns and Valley Road North Church (subject to confirmation) Third Party Funded Towing Path Works Northampton Arm Northchurch/ Stag Lane towpath upgrade Wolverton towpath 300m Weston Turville reservoir circular walk (tbc) Aylesbury Arm

12 Commenced 1 st October, improvements include New National Price List Tighter Specifications better quality control national consistency New/ clearer specifications inc. removal of fender growth National specification for clearance of overhanging vegetation for the first time Web based information allows customers to view the works programme (in development) Improved ability to react to emerging tasks for example fallen trees computer based management system

13 Biffa, largest national contractor Defined response times will help problem sites / full bins etc Dedicated reactive teams Latest recycling processes following major (Biffa) investment, enhanced information at our bin sites Clearer KPI s and stronger control via contract framework (NEC)

14 Edge to edge full cut across waterway (now) Hedge cutting all waterway, starts end Oct High risk trees 380 in total - following Tree survey in summer ( 196k) Reed cutting GUL, South Oxford, Tring Feeders Structural clearance eg bridges, aquaducts, sluices Reservoir Works fender & tree works SSSI soft bank protection 100 metres, GUL (sssi)

15 Completed Last Year :- Napton Hillmorton Radford section L Buzzard Cosgrove Focus this year :- Hillmorton Ansty Banbury Kidlington Wendover Arm Napton Somerton GUS Aylesbury Arm GUL (Debdale Y toft) GUS Aylesbury Arm HHempstead/Apsley

16 110 volunteer Lock Keepers (year 3) Moorings Rangers (3 sites) 6 new adoptions. Inc. Northampton Arm (IWA) Friends of Leighton lock (Wyvern) Berkhamsted Pubs ( Rising Sun & The Boat) Stoke Bruerne Canal Partnership Mkt Harbro Scouts Welcome stations Braunston (need more help here) Restoration activity BucksCS, WAT, WRG RAF Halton involvement M&S clean up (6 locations, 200+ people)

17 Improve Lock Keeper experience further Mooring rangers at other key sites (e.g. Marsworth, Berko, Batchworth etc ) Extend welcome stations plus mobile stands Target more adoptions Parish Councils, Oxford canal More corporate input BT, B card, Santander, Goldman Sachs Education Institutions / youth groups Boating trade How can you help?

18 Generously gave 250,000 hours of their time in 2012/ lock keepers 27 Community Adoptions scout groups, pubs, IWA branches etc. Over 30 Towpath Taskforce events running each month 10 Welcome Stations established with another 10 to come before the spring 90 Explorer Education volunteers

19 Improved opportunity search on the web Currently over 100 volunteer roles being advertised here Growing social media communities on Twitter and Facebook follow us

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21 Visitor moorings Thrupp, Foxton, Stoke Bruerne Wash up meeting 6th November Define plans for 2014 Marsworth, Berkhamsted, Batchworth plus others tbc Aylesbury Basin development opening Water situation / reservoirs see charts Evasion / enforcement, latest.

22 Lockage counts (per week) 250 Weekly Lockage Comparison Oxford / Grand Union Canal LTA Week

23 Lockage counts (per week) Tring Summit Weekly Lockage Comparison LTA Week

24 Indicative Evasion Rates as at September Total Sightings March NBC Current Cases Indicative Rate September % 3.7% March 13 evasion 1.8% 3.9% Compared to March 2013 NBC -0.2% -0.2%

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26 1. More targeted prompt - customers can be alerted for specific canals / arms individually - tweets will be broadcast (for all W scape updates) Additional to the mail NB no text available yet 2. Enhanced search facility by specific canal or map 3. Mapping functionality improved - maps will be real time all year round - can filter for future dates additional to current - journey planning facility 4. Geo caching whilst on the move - pinpoints your current location (NB smartphones only )

27 Completely new page Map now added per stoppage/restriction Live end October

28 Check your journey & stoppages Map indicates affected length/location

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30 Rebranding To be completed by Easter 2014! Need your help..