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Whitchurch Lock is out of action to all traffic.
Broken Collar.
Broken Collar.
Amazed John Redmond is posting on there! Must be quite a few years since he was in overall charge of the river (with Robin Newlands under him).
Seems that for whatever reason(s) the current EA set up cannot be trusted to properly manage the Thames Navigation.
Does anyone in the know have any idea how to escalate this to someone who can institute a thorough review?
Further to the above, evidently the EA had a recent elfnsafety issue and has forbidden their own people to fix the probelm. The outside contractor wont do the lift untill the lifting point has been stress tested. The EA can't find someone to do the test.
You couldn't make it up!
elfnsafety strikes again.
What happened at Shepperton, please?The h&s matter was the fatality at Shepperton.
Is it fixed yet?Whitchurch Lock is out of action to all traffic.
Broken Collar.
Apparently engineers due at 0800Is it fixed yet?
If they use the fixing point to lift the gate - then it will have been tested!The outside contractor wont do the lift untill the lifting point has been stress tested. The EA can't find someone to do the test.