Gumpy
Well-Known Member
From another place:
BW has announced it wants to change the way it runs Limehouse lock.
The proposed changes are as follows (current situation in brackets):
1. All passages booked.
(Bookings not required during staffed hours, i.e. summer 8:00 - 18:00,
winter 8:00 - 16:00)
2. Passage outside staffed hours only during the hours :
Summer 7:00 - 8:00 and 18:00-20:00
(5:00 - 8:00 and 18:00 - 22:00)
Winter 16:00 - 18:00
(5:00 - 8:00 and 16:00 - 22:00)
3. Summer period May - September
(April - September)
4. A charge for each use of the lock during non-staffed hours
(No charges)
5. A charge for each use of the lock by a boat without a BW licence,
e.g. a non-waterways visitor or Limehouse Marina moorings customer,
during staffed hours
(No charges)
I think these proposals raise some concerns, including.
- BW has a national policy of not charging by use for its navigational
structures
- This is a lock into a tideway, and these changes will in effect
limit its use to one tide per day and sometimes to unreasonably brief
periods.
- A boat coming off the tideway may need to use Limehouse as a haven,
but may not have booked.
- The timing of voyages, whether on tidal or non-tidal waters, cannot
always be predicted.
There is to be some consultation on the proposals, so what do you
think?
BW has announced it wants to change the way it runs Limehouse lock.
The proposed changes are as follows (current situation in brackets):
1. All passages booked.
(Bookings not required during staffed hours, i.e. summer 8:00 - 18:00,
winter 8:00 - 16:00)
2. Passage outside staffed hours only during the hours :
Summer 7:00 - 8:00 and 18:00-20:00
(5:00 - 8:00 and 18:00 - 22:00)
Winter 16:00 - 18:00
(5:00 - 8:00 and 16:00 - 22:00)
3. Summer period May - September
(April - September)
4. A charge for each use of the lock during non-staffed hours
(No charges)
5. A charge for each use of the lock by a boat without a BW licence,
e.g. a non-waterways visitor or Limehouse Marina moorings customer,
during staffed hours
(No charges)
I think these proposals raise some concerns, including.
- BW has a national policy of not charging by use for its navigational
structures
- This is a lock into a tideway, and these changes will in effect
limit its use to one tide per day and sometimes to unreasonably brief
periods.
- A boat coming off the tideway may need to use Limehouse as a haven,
but may not have booked.
- The timing of voyages, whether on tidal or non-tidal waters, cannot
always be predicted.
There is to be some consultation on the proposals, so what do you
think?
