sentences:  Their position was strengthened in 1988 when the Department of Transport announced that the Aston Clinton bypass would include a navigable culvert where the new road would cross the arm.This led to the formation of the Wendover Arm Trust, and the identification of the arm by the Inland Waterways Association as one of the ten restoration schemes most likely to benefit from its backing.In February 1989 the Wendover Trust was formed as a charitable trust with the aim of restoring and promoting the canal.