--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I echo Will's comment that this was definitely a worthwhile event.
>
> Good presentations (although Mr Evans was surprisingly nervous,
which
> caused him to make a few fluffs), and an excellent panel/debate
after
> lunch.
>
> Lots of interesting stuff was said. A couple of highlights:
>
> 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.
>
> Perhaps the most amazing (and cheering) incident was when John
Gummer
> (MP) strongly implied that, if the Conservatives come to power, the
EA
> navigations will be transferred to BW.
>
> Adrian
> .
>
> Adrian Stott
> 07956-299966
>
Well that will be a disaster. You have only to go to the Ouse to see
how a navigation can & should be run. BW can't run what they have got.
Sue
