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A New Paradigm for the Delaware Canal DELAWARE CANAL 21 DELAWARE CANAL WATERWAY AUTHORITY FEASIBILITY STUDY In late 2022 Delaware Canal 21 concluded its most critical project which not only confirmed the feasibility of financially sustainable business model for the Delaware Canal but also laid out a roadmap to achieve such a transformation. In short the project concluded that restoring the Delaware Canal to the fully watered condition would require 96M in construction costs as well as 1M annually in ongoing maintenance beyond what the Pennsylvania State Park already spends. While these figures seem large in the context of existing Pennsylvania Department of Conservation Natural Resources DCNR resources the project also found such funds attainable if we created a partner capable of bringing additional resources to bear such as establishing a Delaware Canal Improvement District at the county level or a Delaware Canal Authority at the state level. There is no way the state parks budget will ever be enough to provide first class maintenance.