Local Mooring Strategy to start on 1st May for trial 12 months
CRT today published its final decision on the Towpath Mooring Plan for the K&A between Bath top lock and Lower Foxhangers (Devizes). The finalised plan includes a number of unlawful elements and...
View ArticleInterim 12-month local plan for western K&A starts today
The interim 12-month local plan for the K&A between Bath and Foxhangers starts today, 1st May 2014. We publish the information that was emailed to boaters on the K&A yesterday below and we will...
View ArticleLast Request of retiring Head of Boating: our analysis of the K&A Interim...
Here we bring you our analysis of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. We start with the issue of what will happen when the 12-month trial period ends on 1st May 2015, because CRT’s statements...
View ArticleInformation request shows CRT changed K&A mooring plan after last-minute...
A Freedom of Information request shows that CRT had received legal advice that meant it had to change the K&A local mooring plan substantially before implementation, contrary to the statement of...
View ArticleWaterways Partnership wins argument on voluntary nature of K&A Local Plan
It appears that the K&A Local Waterways Partnership has won the argument with CRT about the voluntary nature of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. In a recent email responding to a boater’s...
View ArticleLiveaboards needed to attend K&A Partnership AGM this Wednesday 12th November
The K&A Local Waterway Partnership is holding its Annual Meeting this Wednesday, 12th November 2014. It will be at Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Bridge Road, Bath BA2 4EX from 7pm to 8.30pm....
View ArticleWaterway Partnership AGM reveals anti-liveaboard bias
A member of the Kennet and Avon Local Waterway Partnership told a liveaboard boater to “shut up” during the Partnership’s Annual Public Meeting on 12th November. Alan Aldous, an IWA member who sits on...
View ArticleLiveaboards secure representation in Bath – Devizes visitor mooring review
One of the actions in the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan is a review of visitor moorings between Bath and Devizes. Liveaboard boaters without home moorings were informed that this review is taking...
View ArticleWe lose our representatives
CRT’s management structure includes a number of voluntary committees that boaters and other waterway users are either elected or appointed to. These include the CRT Council, the Local Waterway...
View ArticleA river cc’ers tale
A boater from Bristol has got in touch to tell us about his experiences over the past year as a continuous cruiser on the River Avon between Bristol and Bath. He said “In spring and summer I cruise on...
View ArticleBoats are Homes Protest, Devizes Wharf 4-8pm 15th September
On Thursday 15th September at 5pm, CRT Chief Richard Parry will launch a CRT publicity boat at Devizes Wharf SN10 1EB as part of the K&A Waterways Partnership AGM. Liveaboard boaters will be there...
View ArticlePartnership tries to stop K&A being split in CRT restructuring
The K&A could be split into two waterway regions with the western end to Froxfield being run from Gloucester and the eastern end managed from London, after CRT announced on 7th December 2017 that...
View ArticleK&A will not be split in CRT restructuring
CRT announced in the last few days that the K&A will not be split between two regions in the charity’s ongoing restructuring, as was originally proposed. The waterway will be incorporated as a...
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