River Thames Alliance AGM
Sadly, the AGM of the River Thames Alliance (RTA) held at Marlowe on Tuesday 26th July 2016, was poorly attended – the result of the holiday season and a difficult-to-find venue? This meeting had the important objective of reviewing the proposed constitution of the new governance structure of the Alliance, which will see it become […]
Proposal to change Thames Moorings withdrawn
NABO has been advised that the proposed replacement of 33 residential and leisure boat moorings with 13 houseboat moorings and associated services/storage/bin stores/parking landscape and environmental improvements, at Willows Riverside Park in Windsor has been withdrawn. NABO, with help from the DBA, officially opposed this development.
NABO Concern on Safety Impacts of Cost Reductions on Thames Lock Operations
NABO has written to Sir Philip Dilley, Chairman of Environment Agency expressing its concern on the safety impact of proposed changes on Thames lock operations.
River Thames Lock Closures: 2015 – 2016
The Environment Agency is investing more than £1 million this autumn and winter as part of a programme of works to maintain and replace navigation structures on the River Thames. The investment is needed to maintain the River Thames as a reliable navigation for boaters and all visitors to enjoy safely. Listed below are the locks […]
Water Levels in the Upper River Thames
Water levels in the upper River Thames, particularly upstream of Abingdon lock, will be shallower than you are used to in some places, due to below average rainfall this year. With this in mind River Thames Waterway Operations are asking boaters to take extra care, especially immediately downstream of locks where the natural gradient of […]
EA’s National Navigation Users Forum (NNUF) meeting: 2nd February 2015
Mike Rodd represented NABO at this biannual meeting, well attended by most of the National Boating Organisations which cover the EA navigations.
‘Disastrous’ EA Report
Since 2008, the Environment Agency (EA) has been toying with the concept of removing River Thames residential lock and weir keepers with ‘runners’. The justification is that the EA thinks it can save lots of money by letting out the cottages. After much to-ing and fro-ing, with almost unanimous objection from users, a study group […]
Go ahead for Thames super sewer
Environmental charities and amenity groups representing over 5 million people who have been campaigning for a cleaner Thames in London have today welcomed the decision of the government to go ahead with the long awaited and much needed Thames Tideway Tunnel.
EA charging proposals for 2015/16
News from the Environment Agency: Following final discussions, our Board agreed on 17 July 2014 to consult on increasing navigation charges for 2015/16 by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). We propose applying the July 2014 CPI figure. The June figure shows CPI as 1.9%. We propose applying CPI to current charges for all our navigation […]
Cost cutting threatens residency of Thames lock keepers
The Environment Agency (EA) are intending to go back on their 2008 agreement to keep resident lock keepers at all 45 Thames locks.