Moorings at Reading outside Tesco

[TrueBlue]

Well yes I would. After witnessing the efforts of the EA in the marina just around the corner over the past 5 years seeing them deal with a real issue on the river would quite a nice change. When the T&K cut silted up they refused to dredge it and so no one could venture out on the river from the T&K. " Not us " they cried! Why don't they deal with the Tesco long term shoppers or the un-registered craft at the Kennet I ask. Its too hard for them and there is no coin to be had is the reason. Just imagine how nice it would be to pop in to Tesco when out on a trip or how useful it would be for the holiday makers from the boat rentals in Reading to be able to moor there. Oh and please don't talk about private land, it has not stopped the EA in the T&K!!! Sorry for rant, been a long old day

I'm sure you'd like to have it all ways -


Silting - You and others want not to pay a registration fee - so why should EA bother? Regardless, EA only commit to keep the central channel dredged.

Private (i.e. non EA moorings) are not the responsibility of EA, but the riparian owners

un-registered craft on the K&A and if upstream of the lock are probably not EA's responsibility - despite it being their waters. Again there's no point bringing a prosecution if you can't collect the fine or fee.

All very IHMO, of course.

 

[djm]

TrueBlue said: "Again there's no point bringing a prosecution if you can't collect the fine or fee."

Absolutely right, but someone needs to explain this simple truth to the EA. To squander vast sums of public money on prosecutions that have no basis in law is even worse.

 

[ianc1200]

A few years ago, BW, as it was then, had a dispute with a marina. I think what they did was dam off the entrance from the canal into the marina. If the EA did that, with due warning to the registered boats in the marina, wouldn't this force marinas to insist boats were registered as part of their terms and conditions?