BW announce canalphone for emergency stoppages
Throughout summer 2010 in addition to posting details of emergency stoppages on Waterscape.com, BW will provide the information on Canalphone (01923 201402).
User Group Meetings – Lincoln & Leeds
East Midlands (Northern) User Group Meeting – March 16 at Lincoln and North East Waterway User Group Meeting at Leeds – March 17 This week I have been to two user group meetings on consecutive days and it was interesting to compare styles and differences and also to note how the same messages […]
Wigan Flight reopening delayed
BW informed local boaters today (Tuesday 16th) that passage through the Wigan flight will not be possible until 26th March due to delays in fitting all the second ladders throughout.
British Waterways is listening!
Earlier this winter, John Slee, NABO’s continuous cruising rep, emailed British Waterways with a complaint, that Sally Ash, Head of Boating Services, has described as "well justified".
BW Local Moorings Strategies
The aim of this British Waterways consultation is to invite feedback on the mechanics of how BW should develop local mooring strategies. These are proposed as a means of ensuring that, as boating use of the waterways increases, scarce space along the line of the canal is shared fairly between waterway users and general amenity […]
BW Moorings Consultation
The aims of this British Waterways consultation are to: improve understanding of the complex issues associated with management of moorings on BW’s 2,000 mile historic waterway network in England and Wales invite feedback on new policy proposals which we have developed with help from national boating organisations.
BWAF this week
Dear friends I attended a BW Advisory Forum meeting this week.
Waterway Reports Forum
Hello All I have put the Waterway Reports Forum into the Maintenance Mode for the foreseeable future in the hope of securing it against SPAM postings which get forwarded by email to subscribing members.
The latest on BW legal
Dear friends I wanted to update you on the legal challenge that NABO has made to BW. You will have seen the text in the latest NABO News. NABO News is widely distributed including the waterways press,
Moorings Review 2006
Each year BW reviews its Long Term Mooring Pricing. Click on this link to read their Manager’s briefing for the April 2006 revisions. This file is in pdf format so you will need Adobe Reader or similar to read it.