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The government has officially confirmed a formal review of the Canal and River Trust performance following our petition. This oversight process is now active and we will monitor the proceedings to ensure they address the maintenance failures we highlighted.

November 23, 2020

Refer Canal & River Trust to govt for failures to maintain uk inland waterways

Refer Canal & River Trust to govt for failures to maintain uk inland waterways

🏆 Won — 767 supporters Verified

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Started by Chris Chris 6 years, 1 month ago
Canal & River Trust should be referred
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for water, and subjected a review of their performance as the condition of the countries waterways continues in sharp decline

Updates

October 8, 2020

The petition reached 500 signatures today. I am drafting a formal letter to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water to initiate a review of the Trust performance.

Reached 500 supporters

October 7, 2020

Reached 100 supporters

July 24, 2020

312 Comments

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Kim Baker
6 years ago Featured

Its disgraceful and high time people are made aware. Fees are paid and facilities,locks and rivers have been untouched, unloved for years. High time money was spent on locks, shower, toilet facilities and update moorings with electric, water hook ups.

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Charlie Gardiner
6 years ago Featured

The rivers and waterways play a major part in the movement of goods inland and need to be maintained to relieve heavy haulage from our roads and improve the air quality in our city's around the country .maintainance" is essential.

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Peter szczesiak
6 years ago Featured

OK we were flooded in November, but its July why have barriers to the weir in Rothertham not been replaced? moorings that boats cant reach because its to shallow, Landing pontoons just been repalaced by temporary ones the list is long and unfair on boat users

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John johan
6 years ago Featured

Recently returned to the canals. I am utterly shocked by how much they have deteriorated over the past 6 years. The obvious neglect by CANAL and River Trust is criminal. Please please bring them to account for their actions, or lack of them!

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Anonymous
6 years ago Featured

Despite a winter stoppage program there are major lock failures stopping navigation for boats on the Grand Union South within sixteen miles of each other. Also, pump not working so major water shortages causing navigation restrictions.

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Anonymous
6 years ago Featured

As a boater trying to move around the system, the amount of stoppages - at very short notice (such as water management issues ) that really should have been spotted before things got too bad, is scary ... the water management team is clearly incompetent

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Helen Brice
3 years ago

Sadly CRT show little ability to maximise funding from ALL towpath/canal users. There should be a kind of “forever tax” that developers who buy and build on CRT land pay for upkeep of the canal, locks, bridges, towpath, canal walls, etc; councils need to pay/raise money for the part of the canal that go Rd through their ward/borough.

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Gaynor Watterson
4 years ago

CRT are laxy with keeping our waterways safe. Yorkshire Magneteers are willing to assist with removing dangerous items free of charge no liability to CRT we have our own insurance, but they have refused.