On 11/02/07, Nick Atty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:40:48 -0000, Dave Wedd wrote: > > >From Hansard, 6.2.07, written answers: > > > >6 Feb 2007 : Column 763W > >Barry Gardiner: British Waterways has made savings in the order of £5.6 > >million in its capital projects as a result of the reduction in its grant in > >aid. > >Details of these savings are provided in the following table: > > There are some disasters waiting to happen here, IMHO: > > >Roddlesworth Embankment, > >Leeds and Liverpool Canal > >300,000 deferred: Stemming of leakage > >through embankment and raising the > >height of the wash wall both deferred > > >Denham Culvert, Grand > >Union Canal > >174,000 deferred: In-depth investigation > >into the integrity of the structure > >deferred > > >Milton Keynes Culvert, Grand > >Union Canal > >176,000 deferred: Repairs to two > >culverts deferred > > But, as I've said before, the best thing for BW to do - for us and for > them - may well be to let a few spectacular failures occur, particularly > when they can point at plans to prevent them that DEFRA scuppered. > --
But they won't do that, Nick. To do that would take real bottle because politically it would be equivilent to drinking cyanide. And you only have to look what happened at the Boat Show to see how confident government are that they won't get confronted. Steve
