On Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:55 PM [GMT+1=CET],
Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> The most perverse situation to my mind is all the cash being put
>> forward to restore and re-open canals and yet our masters can't
>> manage the ones we've got already. Surely restoration needs to be
>> sidelined while money is used for preservation.
>>
> That's not a bad point but surely it's a question of balance.
> if BW don't restore as well as maintain won't there will always be
> twice as many people complaining?
>
I'm very sceptical about the idea that BW budget cuts will bring
restoration to a halt. I believe the amount of their own money (as opposed
to money they have leveraged out of third parties) that BW has put into
restoration has not been that significant, not least because it is actually
illegal (I believe) for them to spend any of their grant-in-aid or licence
revenue on restoring remiander waterways to navigable condition.
Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
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