Adrian Stott wrote: > Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I may have missed this point being made earlier in this thread so >> apologies for any repetition but I just read in the June 2007 WW (full >> story page 51) that BW are going to close 1000 online moorings in the >> next 5 years with the official justification being the creation of more >> marina spaces. >> >> A letter quoted in WW reads as follows: "Your mooring permits will >> expire on 30th April 2008 and will no longer be renewable. We would >> encourage you to use the moorings search facility at waterscape.com. >> Most BW sites are currently full but we will aim to give you priority if >> any vacancies arise." > > BW announced recently that for every ten new off-line moorings created > in future, one of its on-line moorings nearby will be closed. I think > the focus will be on closing towpath moorings. >
While most boaters would like to see the number of on-line moorings reduced or at least stabilised, it does seem to me to be a strange policy to close any kind of mooring - whatever the ratio - when there is a reported shortage. WW report that BW plan to close 1,000 moorings coupled with the 10:1 ratio suggests that there are plans to create 10,000 new moorings in the next 5 years. Anyone know where they are to be located? Cheers Will -- Will Chapman Save Our Waterways www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
