A boater has carried out an evaluation of the statistics on boat movement in CRT’s first quarterly report on the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. Our correspondent reports:
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Posts Tagged ‘Section 17’
Lies, damned lies and CRT boat sightings
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014Looking Glass Eyes and the Laws of Physics
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014Life along the Kennet and Avon canal has of late adopted a gently surreal Kafkaesque tone.
The latest offering from the CART is a letter telling people they haven’t ‘moved through enough neighbourhoods’ in the last three months. it ends with a black edged obituary box stating “YOU ARE AT RISK OF LOSING YOUR BOAT’.
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What to do if CRT tell you your boat has not been sighted in enough “neighbourhoods” in three months
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
This month, many boaters received a letter from CRT alleging that their boat was sighted in less than the “required” number of “neighbourhoods” between Bath and Foxhangers during the three months from June to August 2014. These letters amount to harassment. The K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan was proposed and consulted on as a voluntary agreement, and therefore CRT cannot now state that boaters are “required” to travel through a specific number of “neighbourhoods”. One of the letters is pictured below.
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CRT ‘places’ maps were leaked
Monday, September 22nd, 2014CRT ‘publish’ map of places
Friday, August 15th, 2014In direct contradiction of an undertaking given to the boating organisations, CRT has published a map of places in an attempt to define the word ‘place’ as used in Section 17 3 c ii of the 1995 British Waterways Act, deliberately left ambiguous by Parliament.
This document outlines the procedure
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CRT to appoint Welfare Officer
Thursday, July 10th, 2014How much has Sally Ash cost boaters?
Thursday, June 26th, 2014Sally Ash, the unpopular Head of Boating, finally retires at the end of this month after 38 years working for BW and CRT. She joined BW as a researcher in 1976 following a Masters degree at Reading University. Here we take a look back at some of her activities and the cost of her career both to boaters and to her employers, not only in financial terms but also in goodwill, time and effort.
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Last Request of retiring Head of Boating: our analysis of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014Richard Parry to hold open boater meeting in Devizes, 21st May
Friday, May 9th, 2014There will be an open meeting between boaters and CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry on Wednesday 21st May 2014 from 6pm to 8pm at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS. All boaters are welcome to attend the meeting. You need to book and print a (free) ticket online using this link
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