Report looks at proposal to reopen Ulster Canal

The Irish Times

The findings of a second consultant's report into the proposal to reopen the Ulster Canal, was presented to members of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland in Monaghan last night. The cross-Border project, more extensive than the Shannon-Erne waterway, is the final link in a necklace of navigable waterways which would make boating possible between Waterford and Lough Neagh. Most of the support mechanisms are already in place on the existing navigation. The waterway also passes through Monaghan town, although under a car park in the town centre. Approximately 60 per cent of the original Ulster Canal route is, however, intact. The original canal bridges are typically a single-span masonry arch with an integral towpath ledge underneath. There are 56 original masonry arch bridges intact along the navigation.

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