Canal link aims to bring thousands to Albert Dock; Access for first time since the 19th century.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | December 5, 2005 | Copyright

Byline: BY SAM LISTER Daily Post Staff

LIVERPOOL'S Albert Dock will become a thriving waterway with more than 4,500 boats cruising along it every year, experts last night predicted.

Construction of the new canal link will connect it up to Britain's inland waterway network, for the first time since the 19th century, when it opens.

It will make Liverpool a major destination for boaters and will also allow yachts as well narrowboats to come into the city.

And it will lead to the canal's classification being raised from remaindered to ...

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