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The Lichfield Canal ran from Ogley Junction on the northern Birmingham Canal Navigations to Huddlesford Junction on the Coventry Canal, a length of 7 miles. Currently derelict, it is being rebuilt.
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) are in charge of the restoration. The trust currently estimates both canals should be complete by 2025.
Restoration was threatened by the construction of the M6 Toll motorway around the north of Birmingham, which cut across the canal's route. Funds were raised to build an aqueduct to carry the canal over the motorway (the aqueduct has been finished but the canal has yet to reach it, giving it an odd appearance). And there has been a beneficial side-effect - the Government has promised that never again will a new road be built in the path of a waterway restoration scheme, unless an aqueduct or tunnel is provided.
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