On Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:23 PM [GMT+1=CET], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Mike Stevens" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The biggest negative factor of eater transport is that >> it is slow, thus incurring a higher wages cost than road or rail >> transport. > > Up to a point, milord. > > With a big enough gauge, the size of the load makes up for the slower > speed. The crucial statistic is tonne-miles/man-hour. Yes. I was simplifying the argument to what was relevant to the existing waterways I was discussing. > Also, the bits of the BBR affected actually *are* accessible to barges > now, but only at high tide. The lock will enable them to enter the > BBR at high tide, but to manoeuvre within them (on the Waterworks > River) at all times. I'd like to see a barge get under the bridges at either end of Prescott Channel! [about the new Prescott Lock] > Is all the funding now secure? I'm not up-to-date on that. A couple of months ago I was told by somebody in BW that they were negotiating of the last bit of the funding package. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
