Comments on: Bradford Rowing Club repairs Hirst Weir http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1349 Celebrating Shipley and its waterways Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Bottoms http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1349#comment-44358 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:24:59 +0000 http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1349#comment-44358 Really interesting! Thanks Geoff! (and I like your typo… “a natural looking fish ass”…)

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By: Geoff Roberts http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1349#comment-44357 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:15:50 +0000 http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/?p=1349#comment-44357 The AIre Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency are working with BARC to ensure that the rock ramp repair is done in such a way as to enable passage of fish afterwards. Well-placed rocks can create a much more natural-looking fish ass than the heavily engineered structure originally proposed. They are also a lot cheaper!
We are doing our best to help source the necessary funds to help BARC repair the hole in such a way that it helps fish passage in the future.

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