[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 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.
Quite possibly my memory's at fault regarding exactly when BW's intention to
charge for towpath moorings became known. Certainly IWA were against the
principle at the start:
"IWA has previously indicated to BW, that the Association is prepared to
support modest charges for mooring boats in a specially constructed basin in
the town, where additional facilities will be provided for boaters. However,
the Association does not believe it would be in the best interests of the
waterways for charges to be made for ordinary towing path moorings." - IWA Head
Office Bulletin
...reiterated their objections when it became known that that was BW's
intention...
"The new marina at Llangollen is now open, and BW has been charging for
mooring both in the marina and at moorings along the towing path since the
middle of August, despite
objections from user groups... The
committee expressed its concern about a precedence being set for moorings
elsewhere and confirmed
Navigation Committees previous policy decision that all towing path moorings
should be free for at least 24 hours." - IWA Navigation Committee
Martin
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