Thanks to Captain K for this report …
This week on behalf of the Environment Agency, an independent company has been dredging the river just up from the swimming pool and being a boater I couldn’t resist the opportunity to ask about the operation.
“Are you going to remove the huge tree and silt near the entrance to the lock”
“No, we’ve only been tasked to dredge this bit!
“But this stretch doesn’t need dredging?”
“We know that, what’s more yesterday we had to pull a boat off that ran aground in the middle of the river at the stretch by the lock you refer too!”
“Clearly then you’re dredging the wrong part?”
“Quite possibly! but this is where the E.A want us to dredge, not up there!”
“So where are you taking the spoils? I see you taking it by barge downstream.”
“We’re dumping back in the river just past Culham Cut !”
“But that will silt up the weir and new Culham Hydro Project?”
“Quite possibly.”
