In the past, we have started sections where we own the land (or have legal permission to occupy the land). We have also started work when funding has allowed. (In all cases of funding bids, we submit the bid and wait several months to hear whether we are successful or not. When we are successful, there is always a time limit within which the funds must be spent.) This can result in looking like our work is “piecemeal and unplanned”, but it is far from it.
Our operational plan sets our aim to get as much of the Lichfield Canal into water as possible and do this in a logical, progressive way, extending out from Borrowcop Locks Canal Park and Darnford Moors. In this way we can ultimately secure a reconnection to Huddlesford Junction.