Not fit for purpose
The following information recently appeared on CRT’s website at :- https://licensing.canalrivertrust.org.uk/ ———————————————— Sightings Information To support customers accessing their data, we have recently made sightings of boat movements available via your Web Licensing account. Unfortunately, the format of that data has caused some customers concern about the location their boat has been sighted and left them with questions. The Trust is currently compiling supporting guidance and information, as a priority, to help boaters best understand this data and help answer any questions they may have. Whilst we prepare this guidance, we are pausing access to the sightings data. We anticipate this pause will be brief, and sightings will be available again soon. We thank you for your patience and ask that, unless urgent or you do not have access to… Read More »Not fit for purpose
Wet Wigan
Trust finally pledges to plug Wigan canal leak that has swamped footpath for years https://www.wigantoday.net/news/environment/trust-finally-pledges-to-plug-wigan-canal-leak-that-has-swamped-footpath-for-years-4352652 After four years of claiming that responsibility for a flooded footpath lay with a local land owner CRT have finally admitted that in fact the stagnant water flooding the footpath is from the adjacent canal, and is actually CRT’s responsibility. A spokesperson for Canal and River Trust, ignoring the fact of CRT’s denial of responsibility for four years said: “We are grateful this issue has been brought to our attention.” The trust has now promised to carry out repairs, although it is with the caveat “when time and resources allow.” so basically, don’t expect it to happen any time soon ! As usual, CRT are bleating about 250 year old infrastructure and lack of funds… Read More »Wet Wigan