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  1. Please allow me to repeat my post from an earlier thread on the same topic: ========== There is a very simple and obvious solution to this problem but I bet CaRT are not brave enough: Where a house owner wants to "own" a section of waterway outside their waterside home then they apply to CaRT and pay for a "non mooring" , just like we pay for a mooring! As they desire to have exclusive use of this section of bank (to get a view of the water without a boat) I suggest they should pay about 90% of what CaRT assess to be the going rate for a mooring in that area. There would be a clause stating that in no circumstances can they then moor a boat in that spot, not even if it belongs to one of their friends!!! A non mooring can NOT be converted to a private mooring. CRT would need to assess the suitability of having a "non mooring" just like they assess the suitability of any "end of garden" type mooring and permission would be refused if a non-mooring was likely to be harmful to local businesses etc. A long line of non-moorings would not be allowed! =================== This is actually a semi-serious suggestion. I suspect there would only be a very small uptake of this offer but it would be good because it would make it clear to residents who choose not to pay that they really have no control over the towpath and that the canal edge has a real value. Those who do pay would have signed a contract that makes it very clear exactly what rights they do and don't have, so no chance of slow encroachment. I suspect the main downside is that the type of person who would take up this offer would be the type that expects a level of enforcement that is just not viable, and also might exhibit aggressive behaviour towards any boater who ignored the signs. I like the idea of a CaRT sign with a "non mooring" licence that has to be displayed and renewed each year! .............Dave.
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  2. Technically, I agree But I'm not sure where the benefit could be in that. You pay off the full balance of your existing contract, and it is ended. You can then take out a new contract. Unless the fact that you are an existing customer gives a better deal than new customers, I don't see the benefit..... Unless the better deal for being an existing customer far outweighs the payment. No problems with Three on The Bridgewater at Stretford in the past 18 months. No problems with Three on The Bridgewater between Stretford and Little Bollington in the past week.
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  3. In which case extra signs should be restricted to a reminder to boaters as to the normal requirements eg on CART waters no gennies 8pm to 8am. What is not acceptable is BW(CART) putting up signs at Macclesfield "advising" no engine running at all on VMs, and even a sign on the water point saying the same. All this to accommodate new build housing. George ex nb Alton retired
    1 point
  4. My heart is with you with my head says don't go there! Knowing CaRT the outcome might be to ban boaters and walkers and make it an exclusive high speed cycleway! ........Dave
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  5. Why should people be criticised for complaining about smoke, if it is genuinely a problem? Tim
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  6. Pity he ends with a dig at our biggest export market though. Why slag off foreigners who choose to buy British when we don't? The irony of protectionism. What baloney. It costs nothing to "get registered to work" unless you are being scammed by agencies (just like agencies scam and deceive foreign workers here). If you were paying 50% tax then you perhaps should have made the effort to learn French and actually understood the forms. The gross tax paid in France is tiny compared to here...if you understand the paperwork..
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