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CRT launches appeal to support small charities across it's network
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The Canal & River Trust has today, 5 May 2020, launched a fundraising appeal to help support the dozens of small waterway-based charities across its network which have been adversely impacted by the impacts of coronavirus.
Launched on Giving Tuesday, the global day of giving and unity, the Waterway Charities Appeal will provide support for many small community-based charities at a time when, without help, the coronavirus pandemic could have a devastating impact on them.
CRT annual boat count
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The Canal & River Trust’s annual national boat count shows that licence compliance on its waterways remains high with 96.2% of boaters holding a valid licence (2019: 96.4%). This is the fourth highest compliance figure in the last 10 years and is the eleventh successive year with evasion below 5%.
The national boat count sees the Trust’s teams physically recording boats on every stretch of waterway to check if they are correctly licensed. The COVID-19 restrictions meant they were unable to access some marinas and stretches of canal, while flooding and high-water levels have also prevented access to some rivers to obtain sightings. This will likely explain a reduction in the overall number of boats sighted on the waterways this year with 33,672 boats sighted across England & Wales, down 1,568 boats on 2018/19. The numbers of boats sighted on waters where Trust licences are required also reduced by 323 to 31,110. In comparison, the Trust’s licence system showed that 34,435 boats held valid licences at 31 March 2020, a slight uplift on the previous year (31 March 2019: 34,367).
You can read about it here.
Lockage Report for 2019
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Lockage Report
CRT has published the annual lockage ranking for 2019 for those locks that are fitted with telemetry. The five most-used locks were in the West Midlands and North West Regions, as was the least-used lock.
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Ranking |
Region |
Canal |
Site |
No lockages |
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1 |
West Midlands |
North Oxford |
Locks 2 & 3 Hillmorton |
8362 |
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2 |
West Midlands |
Llangollen |
Lock 2, New Marton |
7711 |
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3 |
North West |
Shroppie |
Lock 4, Cholmondeston |
7545 |
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4 |
West Midlands |
Trent & Mersey |
Lock 21, Colwich |
7188 |
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5 |
North West |
Shroppie |
Lock 1, Wardle |
6747 |
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156 |
North West |
Shroppie |
Lock 1, Graving |
127 |
Thames Navigation Users Forum
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On 3rd March, I represented NABO at the above Forum which brings together relevant EA personnel and representatives of a wide cross-section of users of the Thames, including the eight River User Groups (the RUGs) and many other representative groups. Chaired by the Thames Director, Julia Simpson, the very long meeting was valuable and, above all, illustrated that the new-look EA is making every effort to listen to its key river users in moving its navigational responsibilities forward over the next five years.