Canal work to finish in time for new season?

ANGLERS on the Basingstoke Canal will be pleased to know that the recent low water has been caused by work being carried out to repair long-standing damage to the banks.

A section of the waterway between Crookham Wharf and Double Bridge in Dogmersfield has been dammed so work can be carried out to repair several long-standing breaches.

But the two kilometre (approx) section will have to be drained which poses the question of what will happen to the fish that currently reside there.

The Basingstoke Canal Authority has said that work will be finished in time for the start of the new season but there are those who are sceptical of this and questions remain unanswered.

I'm currently looking into the situation and will publish more information here when I have it.