Posts Tagged ‘CRT’
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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Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Life 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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Tags: 14 day rule, continuous cruising, CRT, enforcement, K and A Plan, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Nigel Johnson, CRT’s legal and corporate services director will retire at the end of 2013 according to a CRT press release. This is surprising, because it was announced last year in a review of directors’ pay and roles that he would retire at the end of 2014. Mr Johnson was responsible for CRT spending around £250,000 on BW/ CRT’s failed six-year court battle with Nigel Moore over a section 8 order in Brentford.
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Tags: CRT, CRT misinformation, Jackie Lewis, Nick Brown, Nigel Johnson, Nigel Moore, Sally Ash
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