£3m repair project begins on canal breach Updated: 27/04/2021, 3:47 pm Aerial view of the start of £3m repair work on the River Aire near Goole (Richard McCarthy/PA) A waterways charity carrying out a £3 million repair programme after a canal breach following high rainfall has said that climate change is one of its biggest challenges. The Canal & River Trust has begun repairs to the Aire & Calder Navigation, in East Yorkshire, after it was breached in December – causing a 20-metre section of embankment to be swept way and flooding nearby land. A multi-agency response to the incident saw a helicopter placing 240 one-tonne bags of stone around the breach hole at Newbridge, near Goole, to help manage the water flow.