The finalists for the 2009 Waterways Renaissance Awards have been announced.
Among the ten categories, and 28 nominees, is Irwell City Park. The £40m project aims to provide waterside spaces along an 8km stretch of the Manchester Ship Canal and River Irwell. It is hoped that the reinvestment will boast economic growth and inject life into the area.
Further nominees include the water rail way in Lincolnshire, the Animating the Canal venture in Clydebank, and the Bude Canal regeneration project. A Lancashire initiative to create heritage walks for visually impaired people has also been nominated.
One of last year’s winners, Hemlington Lake in Middlesbrough, has said that the winners can expect their profiles to be raised dramatically.
John Ferry, manager of Hemlington Lake, said: “We got a much wider audience and it has put us in good stead for the future. The award helped us increase our funding and we have now extended the lake.”
This year’s nominees were chosen by an independent assessment panel, comprising waterway, conservation and regeneration experts.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 31 March.
Originally published in Canal Business.
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