Now there is an idea - bring back toll clerks and boat gauging and get rid of
licenses. Should make BW millions - they could get volunteers to do the work
and pay them nowt, charge more for the busy canals and less (but not much less)
for the quiet ones. Then they could really milk the boaters...
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- In [email protected], "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.
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