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Local AM Backs Aqueduct Bid for World Heritage Site Status
December 12, 2006 12:54 PM
Eleanor Burnham AM has today tabled a statement of opinion pledging her support for an UNESCO nomination that could finally see the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct recognized as a World Heritage Site.
Ms Burnham, Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales and Culture Spokesperson, has visited the site on its 200th anniversary last November and has highlighted the historical importance of the site, which created a navigable route between England and Wales when it was completed back in 1805.
Ms Burnham said: "This Aqueduct is one of the defining features of our North Wales landscape and I believe we should formally recognise the lasting skill and architectural achievement of those who built it.
"This decision by UNESCO to put the Aqueduct forward for a World Heritage Bid nomination is fantastic news for North Wales and something of which we can all be proud.
"Now the real work begins for everyone behind the bid, which is why I am asking all Assembly Members to put down their support for the bid on paper. By backing the efforts of those working on the nomination, we could finally see the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct take its place alongside Wales' five other World Heritage Sites."
Notes:
Eleanor Burnham has tabled the following Statement of Opinion on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site bid:
The National Assembly for Wales notes with pride the place of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the UK shortlist of 25 new potential World Heritage Sites, meeting three of the UNESCO World Heritage Criteria.
The National Assembly for Wales calls upon its members to support the work of the Wrexham, Denbighshire and Oswestry County Borough Councils, British Waterways, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments in Wales, Cadw and Tourism Partnership North Wales on the nomination in order to see this monument awarded the World Heritage Site status it deserves.
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