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River Lea towpath upgrade completed
British Waterways (BW) has completed work on a £216,000 scheme to improve a 1-mile (1.6km) section of towpath on the River Lea between Cheshunt Lock and Waltham Common Lock in Hertfordshire.
Norwich-based contractor May Gurney carried out the improvements, which has helped to establish a new 4-mile (6.4km) wheelchair and pushchair-friendly route and has involved the widening and resurfacing of the towpath. The towpath between Waltham Town Lock and Old Nazeing Road has been the subject of efforts to improve the route after BW was awarded funding through the Department for Communities and Local Government's Green Arch Growth Area Project.
Antonia Zotali, BW's senior project manager, said: "This section of the River Lea Navigation is extremely popular with walkers, cyclists and anglers and as a result the towpath, which is more than 20 years old, had become worn and uneven, meaning that when it rained some very large puddles were created. "The improvements that British Waterways has made will ensure that everyone can have safe and easy access to the river and surrounding park all year round."
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