> If I remember rightly, the actual justification for charging fees was not > so much to do with facilities such as mains electricity but more to recoup > some of the initial capital cost of providing the mooring basin. > > IWA reluctantly accepted it in this one particular site on the grounds > that there was insufficient mooring space on a very popular site on a very > narrow channel and apparently no other means of raising the money to > provide extra space - and on the basis that the towpath moorings would > remain free. It was only once the basin opened that it transpired that the > towpath moorings in the town would also be subject to overnight charges. > > Martin L
I think your last statement is incorrect. I certainly new before the Marina was built that there was the intention to charge for towpath mooring and thus IWA would have known as well. As Nabo didn't get IWA support it isn't a suprise that BW went charging on. Sue nb Nackered Navvy ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
