IT WAS way back in 2004 that Peel Holdings, owners of the Manchester Ship Canal told of its grandiose scheme of Port Salford, the country's first ever inland port facility and national distribution park, that would be accessible by inland water, mainline rail and motorway.
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I THINK the correspondent who states that boaters should not moan because CaRT has no money for maintenance has missed the most fundamental point about what boaters are moaning about. (Re: CaRT don't have the money) writes Keith Gudgin.
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THOUGH the grant of £2.5 millions from the Heritage Lottery Fund enabled the further restoration of the Montgomery Canal, the Restore The Montgomery Canal! appeal is raising funds for the volunteers to carry on after that.
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REQUIRING more office space at Kings Bromley Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal, it was done the easy way.
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I AM a continuous cruiser that follows the rules as do the majority of us moving a fair distance before the 14 days are up, but there are 100's that do not writes Sid Haworth.
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IF THE Canal & River Trust want to see illegal mooring then the licence people should take a visit to the Macclesfield Canal where I moor my narrowboat.
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I KNOW it is the thing at the moment to complain about the state of the waterways, but the complainers seem to miss one thing, and that is that Canal & River Trust just do not have the money.
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I agree with James Henry that Canal & River Trust has lost interest in its core responsibility, and not only its neglect of maintenance but also of its control of illegal mooring.
Like the others who write on the internet I too know of boats that move just about half a mile and back again every fortnight to fiddle their supposed continuous cruising, with nothing done about them though I and I know of two others who have complained.
J T Lomas
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Navigation is worse on the Wigan Flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal as from today, Wednesday 14th June.
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I REALLY believe that your various contributors are forgetting a rather important aspect in their arguments about more or less stoppages in former days, writes Brian Hawkins.
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