Great Debate

[StewartC]

This time we're asking - Will EA registration hikes drive boaters off our waterways?

The EA is looking at plans to raise registration fees for boats and businesses on its rivers by 14% a year for the next three years. Not only that, but there's a chance that the hikes could continue - for another nine years.

Will boaters just stump up the cash and carry on? Or is it time to move to waters new?

 

[SimonA]

Is that on all EA waterways? I'm on the Great Ouse and many of us have a more modest budget for boating. What with Marina fees, insurance and licence fees boating on the river is already an expensive pastime.

 

[StewartC]

Yep, on all EA waterways.

The plan is still on the table, with a decision expected in late summer.

 

[Sixpence]

I for one am moving to a tidal mooring as soon as I get back on the water . It doesn't look to me like they will stop the increases once they start , so I'm off .