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Wide beams against licence increase

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sandra lewis
8 years ago

there is no need to pay more . They don,t use more water!

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Francesca Clarke
8 years ago

Why shouldwe pay more when access is so limited?

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Sue Roy Porton
8 years ago

We are prepared to pay extra for wide beam when continuous cruisers are charged extra for not having a permanent mooring

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George
8 years ago

Discrimination

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Stella Bingham
8 years ago

Why should we pay more when we can only access a very small amount of the canal,Surely us only using a small amount of canal network evens it out with fees for a narrowboat.This is such an unfair increase.We didnt even get notified about the meeting about this.

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Rod Jones
8 years ago

Do the C&RT want less boaters they are supposedly there to assist people to enjoy leisure activities on the canals and not to try to rip them off

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michael moore
8 years ago

Pure greed

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simon clay
8 years ago

wide Beam barges are part of our history, and we need to make sure they continue to be seen on our waterways, especially the home grown barges, such as the Humber Barges,

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Darren Smith
8 years ago

This is wrong picking on a minority group

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Kim Baker
8 years ago

Absolutely rediculous to increase the licence fees.

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Lewis McNeill
8 years ago

How is two people living on a wide beam raking up more space than two living singley on separate narrow boats?

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David winton
8 years ago

Wide beams are limited to usage of the network so why should they pay more

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Simone Kemp
8 years ago

This was nrither fair not honest and the increase should not be adopted based on this flawed process

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Stuart Tyler
8 years ago

I don’t mind paying for the canals and rivers we can use but object to paying for one we cannot. The licensing system must be fair and currently it is not.

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Steve Rupik
8 years ago

It's a disgrace to target boats wider than 7ft. A 70ft narrow boat takes up more space in the water than my boat so why no raise for them? We pay enough considering the state of the locks

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Ian Davidson
8 years ago

Why should the beam of the boat matter when I only use the River Ouse?

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Kevin Seeley
8 years ago

I was never consulted over this. I have asked on numerous occassions to go to meetings. Never heard back

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Darren Talbot
8 years ago

CRT's targeting of widebeams is disingenuous in teh way that they have gone about it. They have declared that widebeams block navigations, whereas the reality is that most widebeams have home moorings, often in marinas. The Charities Commission need to investigate this discriminatory approach and carry out action as necessary.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Why should we pay more, then give us access to all the canal network, I already pay council tax and mooring fees. I have helped with canal clean ups with IWA and worked weekends with the WRG, If you CRT just want the canals for the rich, see see if they will help keep the canals going and get their hands dirty and help restore the canals because I'll be working to pay the widebeam tax.

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Iain Mackay
8 years ago

This rise is discriminatory and unjust. It needs to be reversed... I cannot recall CRT ever sending out an email stating: Navigation Closed... due to Widebeam blockage... so how are Widebeams blocking the canals???