At its Board Meeting on 25th May 2017 the Trust agreed an updated to the Business Plan, which will guide our activities during 2017/18. The Plan includes progress on the key tasks we set ourselves last year and establishes some new activities for this coming year including: • Develop initiatives to help members become more … Continue reading “Trust approve updated Business Plan”
Author: Steve Ashley
Promoting Waterway Park at recent SEMLEP Conference
Last year the B&MKWP Trust submitted evidence to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) about the potential role of the Waterway Park as important infrastructure within the Oxford/Milton Keynes/Cambridge corridor. The Trust and the Canal and River Trust (CRT) made a presentation to a Conference run by the South East Midlands Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) last October … Continue reading “Promoting Waterway Park at recent SEMLEP Conference”
Trust Welcomes National Infrastructure Interim Report
The Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust enthusiastically welcome the publication of the National Infrastructure Commission’s report into the infrastructure and approach needed to underpin the successful economic growth of the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor. The report, published on 16th November, points to the need to promote new east – west road and rail links as … Continue reading “Trust Welcomes National Infrastructure Interim Report”
SEMLEP Infrastructure Summit
“On 27th October the South East Midlands Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) held a Summit about the infrastructure needed to underpin growth in this region. Jane Hamilton , The Chair of BMKWPT, joined speakers from the Treasury, Network Rail, Highways England and the Institute of Economic Development amongst others to make the case that the Waterway Park … Continue reading “SEMLEP Infrastructure Summit”
“Marking the Waterway Route”
As part of promoting the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Park, on 3rd Novembers a group of BMKWT Board members walked a 5 mile section of the route between Wootton Green and the Forest Centre in Marston Vale with the aim of identifying suitable locations to mark the route of the Waterway Park in different … Continue reading ““Marking the Waterway Route””