Captain Beeky wrote:
> On 22, Oct 2006, at 13:42, Adrian Stott wrote:
>
>> From BW's annual report, for 2005-6: (all figures £million)
>>
>> Craft licences 11.4
>> Mooring permits 4.5 (excluding BW Marinas Ltd)
>> BWML 5.7
>
> So boaters provide almost £22M, about 40% of the current revenue IIRC.
> So if we each fork out an extra 50% ( less than the price of a pint of
> beer per day on my personal budget or 10 fags on somebody elses)
> everything would be tickety-boo.
>
> Beeky
> nb tongue in cheek and trying on an accountant's hat
One way to look at it but I like to see the public making
a contribution too. At the BW AGM I was surprised to hear
that there were 300 million individual visits by boaters,
anglers, cyclists, etc each year to BW waterways and the
cost of vegetation management along is £3.7 million. Seems
to me there is an opportunity there to set up a membership
scheme for waterways enthusiasts to make a contribution to
at least the cost of towpath upkeep. One percent of 300
million at a £1 a head is £3 million...
There is a new thread on uk.rec.waterways that might offer
a way to set up such a membership scheme.
Cheers
--
Will Chapman
Save Our Waterways
www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
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