When will CaRT be constructive about cyclists?

As a boater and a cat lover it breaks my heart to read your article about the beautiful kitten killed by a speeding cyclist, who it would appear did not have the common decency to stop but rather just sped away from the heartbreak they had caused, writes John O'Hara.

When I ask are CaRT going to stop issuing bland platitudes and do something constructive about a problem of their own making?

A death

No doubt they will do nothing until there is a serious injury or heaven forbid the death of a child or elderly boater, walker or angler.

British Waterway was quick to divest itself of the responsibility of administering its cycle permit scheme which was never policed or administered with any great enthusiasm. Now CaRT is even quicker to take money from Sustrans to help improve the towpaths, even though it was foreseeable that the resultant problems we are now seeing would be exacerbated.

When the dreaded day comes

Will CaRT I wonder, be prepared for the financial implications of the inevitable legal actions that will ensue when the dreaded day comes that results in loss of life or injury from a speeding cyclist?

It has a duty of care to all users of the system and has a responsibility to risk-assess all public areas. This mechanism, Public Safety Risk Assessment, is a legal requirement under Health & Safety legislation. Will it, I wonder, be prepared to show us its risk assessments or will they have to be prised out using FOI requests.

It needs to take action and take it now to manage this problem. Platitudes, or signs, will not be sufficient. I have however absolutely no confidence in its abilities to do anything constructive.