Reviving waterways of the past to create a greener future?

SWANSEA University experts are lending their support to an ambitious scheme to revive the waterways of the city's industrial past.

- STAFF REPORTER

The Centre for Heritage Research and Training (Chart), based at the university, has been working with the Swansea Community Boat Trust with its aims to identify a blue/green waterway corridor along the Swansea Valley from Clydach to Port Tennant.

Thanks to funding from MEDR - the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research - and guidance from the Chart team, the trust has now published a feasibility study and benefit analysis.

Inspired by longstanding waterways volunteer John Davies, the study has identified how the lost canals and navigable stretches of the River Tawe could provide an opportunity to deliver on a host of benefits for Swansea and the wider region.