Mark Durham

Mark Durham is the principal engineer at the Canal and River Trust, an organization dedicated to the maintenance and management of the UK's waterways. He has significant expertise in engineering and infrastructure related to canal systems. Recently, he was in the news for addressing an incident involving an embankment failure that resulted in a sinkhole swallowing boats in a canal. Durham noted that the wall designed to hold the canal had been stable for over 200 years, and he is involved in investigating the cause of the collapse while prioritizing the safety of affected boaters.