RAILSCOT | 'We were used, and they've abandoned us' - Farmer impacted by Union Canal breach speaks out against Scottish Canals [The Scotsman]

'We were used, and they've abandoned us' - Farmer impacted by Union Canal breach speaks out against Scottish Canals [The Scotsman]

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Date: 24/01/2021

On August, 12, 2020, after heavy rainfall and extreme weather, the Union Canal burst its banks near Muiravonside and flowed into neighbouring fields, causing havoc for local landowners. [Railscot note - the floodwater washed out a portion of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway].

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'We were used, and they've abandoned us' - Farmer impacted by Union Canal breach speaks out against Scottish Canals

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On August, 12, 2020, after heavy rainfall and extreme weather, the Union Canal burst its banks near Muiravonside and flowed into neighbouring fields, causing havoc for local landowners.

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'We were used, and they've abandoned us' - Farmer impacted by Union Canal breach speaks out against Scottish Canals [The Scotsman]

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