Yet another mooring place used by liveaboard boaters is under threat. This time it is the stretch of the River Avon at Mead Lane, Saltford.
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Posts Tagged ‘complaints’
Act now to stop mooring restrictions at Mead Lane, Saltford
Monday, March 28th, 2016CRT seize boaters’ property
Friday, November 20th, 2015CRT today (19th November) seized boaters’ property from the towpath between Bath and Dundas including bicycles, bike trailers and dog bowls despite assurances that moveable objects in daily use that were temporarily left on the towpath would not be taken. We understand that the seizure of property will continue between Dundas and Bradford on Avon tomorrow (20th November) and beyond.
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Waterway Manager apologises
Monday, October 19th, 2015CRT threatens to seize boaters’ possessions
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015In a vindictive move reminiscent of the totalitarian regimes of Stalin and Pinochet, CRT is threatening to seize and destroy the belongings of boaters including bicycles and childrens’ toys if they have been left, however temporarily, on the towpath. This draconian act is typical of CRT’s harassment of liveaboard boaters, and it shows that CRT will go to any lengths to pressurise liveaboards without home moorings to leave the waterways.
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Rubbish bins re-instated at Devizes Wharf
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015Please log this year’s incidents and complaints about hire boats here!
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014Liveaboard boaters, especially those between Devizes and Bath, are breathing a sigh of relief now this year’s hire boat season is over. The K&A boaters action group is drawing up a dossier of the incidents involving hire boats and complaints that boaters and canalside residents have made about the behaviour or safety of hire boat crew this year. The group will then seek a meeting with the hire companies.
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Are you a new continuous cruiser?
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014CRT rubbish collection includes recycling
Monday, October 13th, 2014What 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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