Motorists on the M6 Toll Road might be puzzled by this bridge over the motorway that is not connected at either end to anything else! It's a great example of a bit of foresight often lacking in modern society.
The Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust www.lhcrt.org.uk/aqueduct.htm are restoring the Lichfield Canal, but their plans were threatened by the new road.
Some neat planning ahead meant that the bridge was put in place whilst the motorway was being constructed - several years ahead of actual restoration of the canal, but saving vast sums when compared to what the cost might have been when the motorway was open - with all the disruption that would have ensued.
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You should read the article about the bridge on the website linked in the Blog. The canal trust had to launch a major fundraising initiative to raise the money required - 180 degrees different from your suggestion!
Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren't a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings?
The more people that the government puts in jails, the safer we are told to think we are. The real terrorists are wherever they are, but they aren't living in a country with bars on the windows. We are.
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