In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On 12/10/06, Martin Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ian Jarvis announced last night at the GSCRSUF that he intends >> introducing car parking charges at all BW car parks (his area covers the >> G&S and K&A amongst others). He hopes to raise £30k / y from it, as BW's >> 50% share with a car park operative (presumably a pay and dismay >> scheme). Intention was not to discourage those wanting to use a car park >> for less than four hours - so the implication is that it's us who will >> pay - again. No more information - it came as a shock at the end of what >> was otherwise a fairly productive meeting. >> >> I doubt if it will be long before the other BW regions follow. > > >I don't understand this, Martin. You're shocked about the car parking >charges? What about the new winter cruising regime for the G&S? I heard Ian >talk at the IWA Gloucester last week and to me it all seemed done and >dusted. Surely this has many more implications than car park charges? Or was >it just the suddenness of this that caught you off balance.
Yes, the latter. Especially galling as I'd commented earlier in the meeting that our local moorers' car park was being well used (after moaning from the parish council about boaters taking up the non-BW car park) and that the surface, which I'd expected to turn into a quagmire, was holding up well. Wassail! -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
