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Monday, January 20th, 2014
In November 2013 Richard Parry, CRT Chief Executive, announced a series of open meetings with boaters (and other waterway users) across the country, starting in early 2014. He stated that the aim of the meeting was for him to meet boaters and hear their views on any local or national issues, and open up channels of communication for any future consultations. The first three meetings have just been announced in Birmingham, Nottingham and Oxford, as follows:
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Tags: CRT open meetings, meeting, Richard Parry
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
All enforcement cases involving boaters who are ill will be personally scrutinised by CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry. This was announced following an online petition that nearly 4,500 people have signed. The petition calls on CRT to stop evicting boat dwellers who are disabled, elderly or vulnerable. You can read the petition and sign it here
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Tags: BANES Council, continuous cruising, disability, enforcement, equality, Equality Act, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, petition
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Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Sally Ash has posted a new article on CRT’s web site that seeks to discourage people from exercising the right to live on a boat without a home mooring that all CRT licence holders enjoy. “Spreading the word about the demands of living afloat” misinforms people, saying that the law does not allow them to “simply to move around within a small area” and blames continuous cruisers for spoiling everybody’s enjoyment of the waterways.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT misinformation, CRT Navigation Advisory Group, Drifters Leisure Limited, hire boat companies, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Three boaters spoke to Richard Parry, CRT’s Chief Executive, when he visited Crofton last Wednesday. One of the most significant things that they learnt was that Mr Parry will personally scrutinise every decision to take boaters to court from January.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT Legal Department, enforcement, Nigel Johnson, Paul Davies, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 8
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Richard Parry, Chief Executive of CRT, will visit the K&A again this Wednesday 4th December.
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Tags: Crofton, Richard Parry
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Monday, December 2nd, 2013
The Kennet and Avon Waterway Partnership is holding its Annual Public Meeting on Thursday 5th December. All waterway users are invited to express their opinions about the work of the waterway partnership and find out about its plans for the future.
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Tags: Local Waterway Partnership, meeting
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