Posts Tagged ‘CRT’
Monday, November 2nd, 2020
On 8th October, BaNES Council Cabinet voted unanimously to close the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, by November 2022 and relocate the 14-day mooring space. It is not clear what will happen if the Council is unable to find suitable land to relocate the moorings.
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Tags: BANES Council, consultation, continuous cruising, Covid-19, CRT, enforcement, Housing and Planning Act 2016, liveaboards, Mead Lane, mooring policy, moorings, parking, River Avon, solicitor's letter
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
In January 2020 BaNES Council attempted to close the 14-day moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford following a long campaign by local residents hostile to liveaboard boaters. Allegations were made that the mooring of boats had damaged the river bank. A decision was made to carry out a structural survey, which took place on 3rd September 2020. The survey by Atkins Global engineering consultancy found that there was no damage to the bank from moored boats.
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Tags: BANES Council, consultation, continuous cruising, Covid-19, CRT, enforcement, Housing and Planning Act 2016, liveaboards, Mead Lane, mooring policy, moorings, River Avon, solicitor's letter
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
CRT yesterday (24th March 2020) made the decision to close the Caen Hill flight between locks 29 and 44 until further notice as part of its response to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, to protect its staff and ensure they are only sent to deal with the most critical tasks. The last boats were admitted at 10am yesterday.
The K&A is also closed at lock 52 at Wootton Rivers due to a broken gate, until further notice.
On Monday CRT suspended the 14-day rule until 14th April 2020 and boat sightings are not being taken during this period. This will be reviewed in mid-April.
CRT is also telling the public that if they use the towpath for their daily exercise or journey to undertake essential work, to avoid any stretches with boats moored against the towpath, and strictly observe social distancing at all times, following the latest advice from Government.
See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices
See also http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/crt-suspends-14-day-limit-until-mid-april-due-to-uk-coronavirus-lock-down/
Tags: Caen Hill, continuous cruising, CRT, liveaboards, Section 17, stoppages, Waterways Act 1995, Wootton Rivers
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
CRT is making plans for a second dry winter following the driest year on recent record during 2017, according to a Freedom of Information response.
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Tags: Adam Comerford, CRT, CRT Trustees, DEFRA, drought, Environment Agency, Freedom of Information Act, water conservation, water levels, water resources
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Monday, April 18th, 2016
Last year over 150 people, mostly liveaboard boaters, signed a letter to Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire police forces about the concerns of liveaboard boaters, leisure boaters and residents along the western end of the K&A about the activities and behaviour of some hire boat groups, especially stag and hen parties.
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Tags: anti-social behaviour, CRT, hire boat companies, hire boats, liveaboards, meeting, police, stag parties
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Thursday, March 17th, 2016
A wonderful opportunity to do some boating in a different part of the country and get involved in a very worthwhile project.
We need to find 3 experienced steerers, no certificates needed, for a project that involves taking a group of young people from Birmingham to Manchester for a dance performance on hire boats. This is the first two weeks of July.
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Tags: CRT, skippers wanted, youth project
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