IWA pressing for transfer of EA waterways to C&RT

[Actionmat]

No good ever came out of a team of management consultants. i disagree with your opinion regarding canals and rivers. They're not a rich persons playground, although there are some wealthy boat owners. It is(for the most part)an employed or retired persons playground.

And people choose to eat and drink by the river to watch the boats, not look at the brownish coloured water. They pay a premium to live next to it or operate a business with it as tbeir view. Personally, i don't give a toss about cyclists, but as a taxpayer I fund their hobby. And i don't even get anything interesting to looks at in return.

 

[JorgeinLondon]

Canal and River Trust, alias British Waterways Board is masquerading as a charity but is really a quango as it always was. The staff budget must be cut, the little tin gods with their cushy little sinecures masquerading under the title of "jobs" must be investigated. The rip off where a BSS Certificate supplied by CaRT costs around thirty quid on top of the overpaid boat surveyor must be stopped.
It is about time that Management Consultants are brought in to investigate the wastage of taxpayers and boat owners funds in this organisation which has been going on for years. Also, on the side of taxpayers, the majority of whom do not give a toss about the canals and rivers so why should they subsidise the playground of filthy rich people who can afford to run a boat?

My boat costs less than my smoking habit. It doesn't have to be expensive, a lot of people DIY.