REstoration feature For a change of scenery, we’re taking a look at a set of old canals dating back to Going Internazionale... “The restoration of the historic canals of Milan has stalled”, I said gloomily in a an otherwise upbeat piece about waterway restoration in mainland Europe which formed a small part of my editorial column in Navvies 303. Well if you’re wondering what that chomping noise is that you can hear... yes, it’s the familiar sound of the Navvies editor
eating his words again... My piece in Navvies 303 was prompted by the arrival of the autumn issue of World Wide Waterways, the magazine of Inland Waterways International (IWI), with a whole swathe of good news stories about canals reopening (or even new ones being created) in France, Finland, Serbia and the Netherlands. But one scheme that didn’t appear to be making any progress was the plan to
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The Navigli of Milan
Lake Como
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Sections shown in red have been culverted but are proposed for restoration
Naviglio di Paderno built to bypass rapids on River Adda. Proposed for restoration
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Naviglio Bereguardo (not proposed for restoration)
Cercia Interna (inner ring canal)
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Naviglio Martesana proposed for restoration
