The Marple sections of the Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals as well as the Marple Aqueduct and Viaduct, are " jewels of our waterways" and living examples of the area's "proud industrial ...

Unless the canal, aqueduct and sister viaduct were threatened, or the Afon Ceiriog's ecology, it's hard to see funds being made available. Locals suspect the place is being trashed inside.