{"id":53139,"date":"2021-03-26T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=53139"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:27:18","slug":"dredging-of-taff-after-storms-and-floods-will-cost-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/03\/26\/dredging-of-taff-after-storms-and-floods-will-cost-200000\/","title":{"rendered":"Dredging of Taff after storms and floods will cost \u00a3200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work to be completed next month \u2013 but water taxi firm says it is too little too late<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A MAJOR operation to remove 2000 sq m of rocky material deposited by Storm Dennis in the River Taff will be completed next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council said it would not finance dredging in the aftermath of the storm, claiming the increase in material since 2017, when it was last dredged, had been \u201cnegligible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Dredging-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Dredging will be complete by next month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they later commissioned the project after surveys carried out last summer found a 60 per cent increase in the amount of material on the riverbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dredging, which is expected to cost \u00a3200,000, is happening between the Castle Street and Taff\u2019s Mead water bus stops and will allow water taxis to operate in the city centre when coronavirus restrictions are lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owner of the Aquabus boat company, Steve Woodward, said his business had lost thousands since 2017, as rocky material on the riverbed stopped him taking his larger hospitality boat up the river for almost three years. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the pandemic, Aquabus operated a water taxi service from the Castle Street stop adjacent to Cardiff Bridge in Bute Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vessels departed there for Cardiff Bay every hour between 10am and 5pm, seven days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Dredging work at Castle Bridge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IKffYA_pbNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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It\u2019s a ridiculous situation. They refuse to dredge the full width of the river,\u201d said Mr Woodward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating because this next winter we\u2019ll get a few storms and it\u2019ll start to fill up the hole that they\u2019ve just dug out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter the last dredging it was only a couple of months before our big boat was touching bottom there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Woodward said the council should remove material beneath every arch of Cardiff Bridge, rather than the central arch alone, to prolong the benefits of dredging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Steve-Woodward-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Owner of Aquabus, Steve Woodward, said social distancing measures will continue to prevent him from operating his water taxi service<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as losing revenue from his hospitality boat, which holds 57 people and was unable to pass beneath Cardiff Bridge, Mr Woodward said the pandemic had \u201cflattened the business,\u201d costing it around \u00a3150,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His water taxi service, which uses smaller boats, will be unable to start back up again until social distancing measures are lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe water taxi is still going to be severely affected, but our hospitality and leisure trips should be ok largely,\u201d said Mr Woodward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he hoped to start boat trips in Cardiff by the end of April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to be completed next month \u2013 but water taxi firm says it is too little too late A MAJOR operation to remove 2000 sq m of rocky material deposited by Storm Dennis in the River Taff will be completed next month. 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