CRT is to contact boaters on the K&A after Easter to inform them of what they need to do to follow the Towpath Mooring Plan.
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Continuous Cruisers
The original reason this website was set up, the campaign by British Waterways to remove all liveaboard boaters from the Kennet and Avon who have no permanent mooring. The so-called continuous cruisers.
CRT to inform boaters of Towpath Mooring Plan after Easter but no long term clarity
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014NABO drops opposition to roving mooring permits while CRT CEO says the permits will not be available nationally
Friday, February 21st, 2014In a meeting between CRT and the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) on 14th January, NABO stated that “Putting the legal arguments to one side, NABO, as a policy decision, are happy for the pilot [roving mooring permit] operation to proceed and will monitor a) its success and b) its effect, if any, on other boaters and the availability of moorings. NABO feels that at least a roving mooring permit is a compassionate attempt to resolve a problem which has been allowed to get out of control. NABO will at this time raise no legal objections during this process but would suggest that the effectiveness of the roving mooring permits is monitored at 6 and 12 month intervals and NABO would like to be party to the findings”.
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Another local government report condemns CRT’s treatment of liveaboards without moorings
Sunday, December 1st, 2013This time it’s the London Assembly, which held an inquiry into boats and mooring on London’s waterways earlier this year. The report, published last week, condemns CRT for its failure to provide adequate water, sanitary and rubbish disposal facilities for the increased number of liveaboard boaters without home moorings in London.
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BaNES Council report condemns CRT failure to meet equalities obligations
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013A report published by Bath and NE Somerset Council has recommended that the Council should not endorse the CRT Local Mooring Strategy for the western K&A unless and until the Council is satisfied that it is compliant with CRT’s legal obligations under the Equality Act and the Mooring Strategy will not conflict with Council policy.
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And now, from the boaters who brought Roving Mooring Permits to the Grand Union..
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013BaNES recommendations on boat dwellers to be published in July
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013Hire boats burgled at Avoncliff
Saturday, March 30th, 2013Two Oxfordshire Narrowboats hire boats were broken into at Avoncliff in the early evening after dark yesterday and valuables including laptops were stolen. The spate of boat burglaries has continued but boaters have reported more information to the police about suspicious activity along the canal.
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CRT targeting boats moving 5km or less
Friday, March 29th, 2013CRT chuggers at Bradford lock for Easter
Friday, March 29th, 2013CRT spending £500k to reduce our numbers
Sunday, March 17th, 2013CRT is currently recruiting seven new staff whose main purpose will be to persuade boat dwellers without home moorings to accept “new policies”; making sure that CRT’s “messages are accurately understood by social and print media as well as all those affected by changes ” and “helping to develop understanding of the legal framework within which we exercise our responsibilities as navigation authority”. Seven posts have been advertised; these are three Community Participation Managers and three Towpath Mooring Control Managers for London, the South and the North, plus an Administrator. The total cost is around £500,000.
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