[canals-list] Re: The real issues (was BW moorings)

[Brian]

--- In canals-list@yahoogroups.com, "Strudwick.Family" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can I suggest one simple reason why BW have not started charging by 
> area. It costs more to administer and the implementation charges 
would 
> be very high.  Each new application would have to be checked to 
ensure 
> the applicant had done the sums correctly otherwise the boat would be 
> paying the wrong fee for the rest of its life. Enforcement officers 
> instead of being able to check the correct fee had been paid by 
simply 
> running a measure along the bank would have to climb on the boat to 
> check the beam. That brings in all sorts of H&S issues.
> 
BW have never measured the length of my boat, they just seam to believe 
me when I tell them its 57 foot long, Likewise EA have never measured 
it when I have been on the Thames.