Adrian Stott wrote:

> > It was made abundantly clear that the current £30 million/year gap 
> > between what BW needs to spend to keep the waterways in a 
> steady state 
> > of repair, and the revenue it now has, is *not* going to be 
> made up by 
> > added government grant.  Boaters were advised bluntly by 
> John Edmunds
> > (IWAC) not to waste any more time on that idea.

Steve Heywood commented:

 > Interesting that you should have picked this out as a 
> highlight since this has been very much your view all along, 
> hasn't it Adrian? So did Mr Fletcher or Mr Edmunds suggest 
> where the shortfall was coming from, or have we been left to 
> work this no brainer out for ourselves? 

Which works out at roughly £1000 extra per boat per year if boaters fill the 
gap!

David Mack

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