On 30 Sep 2008, at 19:05, Strudwick.Family wrote:
> IMHO it will never be possible or economic to introduce such a charge
> nationally except at high density = popular mooring sites. To
> introduce
> it nationally would require an enforcement officer to visit every part
> of the network every day. The maths is simple. There are over 2200
> miles of canal run by BW, assuming the men used some sort of
> motorised
> bicycle and could cover 40 miles (80 mile round trip) a day it would
> require over 50 officers. Assuming that each man cost BW £15k per year
> in wages and administration that is a £750k wage bill. Or put another
> way they would have to charge for 30000 days of overstaying to
> cover the
> wage bill let alone fuel, depreciation of bicycles etc.
But a local part timer could walk the popular bits once a day quite
cheaply - two hours per day, GBP15 per day,maybe. One overstayer a
day would cover it. I can think of a good number of locations,
starting with my present one at Alrewas, where this would make a
massive difference to the availability of moorings.
All the best
Bruce
There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
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