Lock 22

Old Lock 22 and Shortbutts Lane are shown in the picture. Re-routing of the canal is required here to avoid the Sandfields area which has been extensively rebuilt. The new Lock 22 will be a structure with a rise of 3.0m lifting the canal to match the design level of the Birmingham Road Culvert.

The new Lock 22 would include a towpath turnover bridge across the tail of the lock to link the shared use section of the bypass footway/cycleway back to the south side of the canal where the towpath continues towards the railway and Birmingham Road.

Photo: Shortbutts Lane bridge in 1955

Photo: View of the railway from the east side.