>Sue Burchett wrote: >> Hence the towpath pledge has been forgotten a year later. > >I think that's unfair. To some of us, it was patently obvious when the "Veg >Pledge" was announced that at BW's present staffing levels it would take >some years to implement. And implementation is going in in places. Diring >my annual judging of the London Region bit of the lock & length competition >last month I was presented with two sections, one on the GU and one on the >Stort where "Veg Pledge" work was what I was being shown. The Stort is a >navigation where towpath-side vegetation was in a particularly bad state, >with a lot on mature trees at the water's edge. The length I had to judge >was between Burnt Mill and Hunsdon locks, where a lot of work had been done >to excellent effect and I made it the regional winner of the Waterway Length >competition. But to achieve that, they'd had to pull the whole >maintenenance team (five people, IIRC) for the Stort and the Upper Lee off >all other duties for a while. > >Mike Stevens
If they can cut the footpath regularly then surely they can cut nearer the edge. As far as I am concerned it is a safety issue especially after getting my foot caught in the piling at Sharpness. Sue nb Nackered Navvy ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
