Wigan Flight reopening delayed
BW informed local boaters today (Tuesday 16th) that passage through the Wigan flight will not be possible until 26th March due to delays in fitting all the second ladders throughout.
British Waterways is listening!
Earlier this winter, John Slee, NABO’s continuous cruising rep, emailed British Waterways with a complaint, that Sally Ash, Head of Boating Services, has described as "well justified".
BW Local Moorings Strategies
The aim of this British Waterways consultation is to invite feedback on the mechanics of how BW should develop local mooring strategies. These are proposed as a means of ensuring that, as boating use of the waterways increases, scarce space along the line of the canal is shared fairly between waterway users and general amenity […]
BW Moorings Consultation
The aims of this British Waterways consultation are to: improve understanding of the complex issues associated with management of moorings on BW’s 2,000 mile historic waterway network in England and Wales invite feedback on new policy proposals which we have developed with help from national boating organisations.
BWAF this week
Dear friends I attended a BW Advisory Forum meeting this week.
Waterway Reports Forum
Hello All I have put the Waterway Reports Forum into the Maintenance Mode for the foreseeable future in the hope of securing it against SPAM postings which get forwarded by email to subscribing members.
The latest on BW legal
Dear friends I wanted to update you on the legal challenge that NABO has made to BW. You will have seen the text in the latest NABO News. NABO News is widely distributed including the waterways press,
Moorings Review 2006
Each year BW reviews its Long Term Mooring Pricing. Click on this link to read their Manager’s briefing for the April 2006 revisions. This file is in pdf format so you will need Adobe Reader or similar to read it.
BW Advisory Forum
The following links offer reports and information relating to the creation of the British Waterways Advisory Forum (2005).
Acts of Parliament
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ACTS OF PARLIAMENT RELATING TO BRITISH WATERWAYS The list is still incomplete but contents and main provisions are described when known (the title recorded below is descriptive and not necessarily the official title of the statute; the Act may in some cases have no relevance to waterways, or may have been repealed). […]