Millennium Link project

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The Millennium Link project was a major Scottish engineering and regeneration initiative that restored and reconnected the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals to create a continuous navigable waterway between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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instanceOf canal restoration project
engineering project
regeneration initiative
aimedAt enhancing heritage assets of Scottish canals
improving recreational access to canals
revitalising canal-side communities
completionContext UK millennium regeneration initiatives
connects Edinburgh
Glasgow
country Scotland
created continuous navigable waterway between Glasgow and Edinburgh
developedBy British Waterways
Scottish Canals
endPoint Edinburgh
fundedBy Millennium Commission
Scottish Enterprise
local authorities
hasComponent Falkirk Wheel
hasName Millennium Link
hasOfficialName The Millennium Link project
includesWorkOn aqueducts
bridges
canal channels
locks
towpaths
languageOfName English
locatedIn Scotland
notableStructure Falkirk Wheel boat lift
linked to: Falkirk Wheel
openedWaterway Forth & Clyde Canal through central Scotland
Union Canal between Falkirk and Edinburgh
linked to: Union Canal
purpose promote leisure and tourism on Scottish canals
restore navigation between Glasgow and Edinburgh by inland waterway
support urban regeneration along canal corridors
reconnected Forth & Clyde Canal
Union Canal
restored Forth & Clyde Canal
Union Canal
startPoint Glasgow
timePeriod late 20th century
transportMode inland waterway

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Falkirk Wheel partOf Millennium Link project