Our friends at Hush-Hush have sent these documents because they care;
Look out for the Fox.
REVIEW OF BW’S ONLINE MOORING POLICY (England & Wales) 2009
BW RESIDENTIAL MOORING POLICY – DRAFT 11 August 2009
Kinda takes your breath away, no? Our lords and masters are really out of control now.
Interesting line in the Online Mooring Policy document, about ‘complaints from local residents’ (near the end – stay awake there). We need to find out more about this, we also need to get some ‘affirmations from local residents’ such as the 900 word petition recently collected from the towpath in Bath.
We expect these documents to be the subject of BW copyright action so copy and survive – get them out there as fast as possible.
Tags: British Waterways, FOI requests, mooring, mooring policy, residential mooring
“These did not meet with support amongst
the broad cross section of boating consumer groups, and arguably were not sufficiently targeted
to achieve the results we seek.”
I infer from this that Sally Ash (who she ?) has her mind set on this. Public consultation ? What a joke!
Then British Waterways should be pushed on this point on which, I believe, the whole Bathampton – Dundas issue lies.
‘significant number of complaints from local residents’ – how many what, what demographic?
consultation – who, when, what weighting? Why has nobody from BW consulted with the people most likely to be affected by this, the boaters themselves?.
There is a legal requirement – from the Waterways Omsbudperson – to consult before changing moorings. This needs to defined.