Steve Haywood wrote: > *I'm sure IWAC wouldn't mind me posting this. * > ** > *Steve* > > The latest report from the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) > looks at the funding and income sources for a selection of overseas > inland waterways in eight countries whose uses are similar to the > majority of those in Britain. > > IWAC's report, researched and produced by specialist consultants > Euromapping, found that from information received covering the 2005-08 > period: > > · At least 95% of income came from public funding for the vast > majority of waterway examples, including the Erie Canal (United > States) and River Lot (France). > > · In Germany and France there was a trend to transfer public > funding from national government to regional or local government > sources - something considered and not adopted in Sweden. > > · Road tolls were the source of public funding for the United > States' New York State Canal Corporation and, to a lesser extent, the > Netherlands' Drenthe Canals. > > · 66% of income for Sweden's Göta Canal came from property, > private boats and trip boats. > > John Edmonds, who chairs IWAC, said "Our report on overseas waterway > funding and income sources revealed four main points. First, the > significantly high level of public funding for overseas inland > waterways. Second, the trend recorded in many of the European > waterways surveyed to transfer funding from national governments to > regional or local governments - which often led to a period of > uncertainty whilst transfer terms were discussed. Third, the report > highlighted how road tolls can, where long established such as in the > United States, be used as a source of waterway funding. Finally, the > importance of property as a substantial source of income for the very > successful Göta Canal in Sweden, which can also act commercially on > those assets. > Many politicians will be surprised by the evidence in our report that > Britain's main inland waterways are not as dependent on public > funding, either from national or local sources, as many of their > counterparts are overseas." > > IWAC's report "Funding and Income Sources for a Selection of Overseas > Inland Waterways" is available online at > http://www.iwac.org.uk/reports. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------
Also a bit of a warped report if they did not mention the funding of ALL of the Irish canals, instead of just the SEW? After all, the Grand Canal / Royal Canal / Barrow Navigation are probably the most similar canals to the English / Welsh ones. 100% state funded...15% by Northern Ireland, which I believe is still part of the UK, that does not seem to care a £$%% about the canals on the "Big" island of the UK/British Isles. -- Neil Arlidge NB Earn Less TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
