TMBA Seeks Thames Boaters Feedback

[TMBA]

The TMBA and other river user groups are increasingly concerned by the continuing decline in the availability of staff to assist passage through locks on the non tidal Thames.

River users are invited to assist us in gathering evidence of locks unmanned during normal duty hours to support our representations to the Environment Agency.

If you have personal experience of this please help us by submitting the report form on the TMBA website HERE

 

[TMBA]

Pretty easy to operate the lock yourself, when no one there.

This is not about availability of out of hours public power.

The EA have published a Customer Charter and Lock Keeping Service Targets for 2016/17 which you can read here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-thames-customer-charter

The Lock Keeping Service Targets clearly lay down the provision of assisted passage service boaters should be able to expect during published duty hours.
This information gathering exercise is intended to assist us in recognising whether or not these targets are being met.

 

[boatone]

staff on the locks i went through this weekend,

Delighted to hear it, as indeed there were for the 4 lock transits I made on Saturday/Sunday. However. the object of the exercise is to gather information regarding locks that are unmanned, not those that are

Thanks to those that have provided reports.

 

[byron]

Irrelevant posts have been deleted

 

[Chris_d]

Irrelevant posts have been deleted

On that basis the whole forum needs deleting