On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:02:13 +0100, Steve Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>It seems that they are planning to charge for moorings everywhere within >striking distance, justifying it with extra facilities and staffing >costs to them. >I've no problem with them offering extra >facilities at a cost for those who want them but to not offer the usual >facilities IMHO, this has little to do with cost to BW, but everything to do with supply and demand. If the demand for short term moorings in east London is going to be very high at Olympics time, then it's likely there will need to be some way of making sure the demand doesn't exceed the supply. Since it isn't economic to create more moorings for the short period involved, the matching will have to be done by limiting the demand. In such a situation, it is normal to introduce (highe)r charges in the high demand period. Parking near Epsom racecourse gets very much more expensive on Derby day. That's just the way things go. Also, I suspect many of those who want to boat to the Games are willing to pay for moorings there, and I expect the responses to the BW survey will confirm that. In this case, BW may be able to get some useful extra revenue out of the occasion, which seems like a good thing to me. Adrian Adrian Stott Tel. UK (0)7956-299966
