Continuous cruising report throws more light on BW/CRT unlawful enforcement...
An enforcement officer’s project that consisted of intensive enforcement action against a selected group of liveaboards without home moorings provides more information about CRT/BW’s enforcement...
View ArticleK and A mooring strategy consultation plans changed despite BW statement
CRT’s plans for the consultation on the K and A Local Mooring Strategy have changed again. A sub-group of the Local Waterway Partnership (formerly the Partnership Board) will review the mooring...
View ArticleCRT says Drifters shares are insignificant
The CRT has been keen to emphasise that its interest in the hire boat holiday marketing consortium Drifters Leisure Limited is insignificant. In a Freedom of Information response, CRT said that BW’s...
View ArticleCRT threaten our web site with libel
This web site’s Editor received a letter from CRT recently threatening to take court proceedings for libel against the web site because of statements made in articles revealing and commenting about...
View ArticleEnforcement team job descriptions published
Following a Freedom of Information request via www.whatdotheyknow.com, a boater has obtained the job descriptions and person specifications for most of the CRT/ BW enforcement team, apart from the job...
View ArticleCRT targeting boats moving 5km or less
A recent Freedom of Information response shows that a decision was made in March 2012 to focus enforcement on boats moving 5km or less. 5km is just over 3 miles (3.107 miles to be exact). The reports...
View ArticleBaNES Council may become a navigation authority
BaNES Council has commissioned a legal report from its solicitors Clarke Willmott outlining the Council’s options in relation to becoming a navigation authority and legislation in relation to bye-laws....
View ArticleCRT ‘places’ maps were leaked
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has confirmed the suspicions of many that CRT had not intended to publish the ‘places’ maps in August. Boaters who wanted to find out more were nonplussed by the...
View ArticleCRT publish kilometre lengths three months after start of new enforcement policy
Following a Freedom of Information request, CRT has published a list and an interactive map of kilometre lengths for all of the waterways that it owns or manages. This is important information because...
View ArticleIf you have school age children, tell CRT you require a reduced cruising...
On 14th February 2017 the Waterways Ombudsman stated in a case report (Case no 933) that CRT intended in the coming weeks to publish “illustrative cruising patterns” for liveaboard boaters with school...
View ArticleCRT making contingency plans for “second dry winter” as ground water levels...
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. During the past year, the Environment Agency (EA)...
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