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SUMMARY:Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20140917T173000Z
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CONTACT:Publicity Officer\, IMechE Beds & Cambs area
DESCRIPTION:Note the new date\, now Wednesday 17th September. We are looki
 ng into holding the event on a boat!  Details to follow.\n\nThe Bedford an
 d Milton Keynes Partnership plans to build a new 16-mile canal to connect 
 the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse at Bedford 
 at an estimated cost of £170 million. The project is supported by British
  Waterways\, the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust\, other waterways 
 campaign groups\, and also local councils. The first element of the canal 
 is an underpass under the A421\, completed in 2009 and efforts are continu
 ing to obtain funding to complete the scheme in 'bite-size chunks'. The ne
 w waterway would create a new cruising ring connecting through from the Gr
 and Union to the waterways of East Anglia which are beneficial to leisure 
 cruising as boat hirers are able to take circular routes. The project was 
 first discussed in 1810 when its promoters included Samuel Whitbread. From
  Milton Keynes\, the canal is planned to pass beneath the M1 utilising an 
 existing cattle creep\, then cross over Brogborough Hill\, and across the 
 Marston Vale through to the River Great Ouse at Kempston.
LOCATION:Venue to be confirmed
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