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CAMPAIGN EVENTS:
BROXBOURNE FLOTILLA (APRIL 2021)
HACKNEY PROTEST PICNIC (MAY 2021)
PROTEST OUTSIDE CRT’S LONDON OFFICES (MARCH 2022)
HACKNEY PROTEST PICNIC (JUNE 2022)
BOATERS SPRING FAYRE (MAY 2023)
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You can view NBTA London’s September 2022 Position Paper on the Water Safety Zones here
The Canal and River Trust has been for years trying to get rid of mooring spaces on the River Lea
Canal and River Trust (CRT) are trying cull boat numbers. CRT claims it is about safety, however has never been able to provide evidence to show safety issues. So, after CRT ignored our repeated requests to provide evidence that boats moored in the ’Safety Zones’ were a danger to navigation, NBTA-L commissioned its own independent risk assessment. The risk assessment showed that moored boats in places assess had cause no increase risk to the navigating boats. More about that here
When CRT first proposed the full details of the Water “Safety” Zones we calculated that 550 mooring spaces would be lost in Broxbourne and Tottenham/Hackney in some places this included no double mooring and no wider boats. Following the magnificent efforts of the boating community to push back against the “Safety” Zones, CRT appeared to desist from their implementation in favour of a navigation forum of stakeholders. But in fact CRT are still attempting to impose perhaps the most draconian part of the original “Safety” Zones – the new no mooring sections. We now estimate that 295 casual mooring opportunities will be lost as a result.
It is these 295 spaces which we are now fighting to protect!
It’s been over two years since CRT decided to enforce ‘no mooring’ in areas of the ‘safety’ zones; their aim is to clear boats away from parts of the River Lea, yet boaters are continuing to resist. Boaters en masse are ignoring CRT’s ridiculous ‘no mooring’ sites. Thanks to collective boater action, the ‘safety zones’ have clearly failed. Continue to moor on the sites in a safe way, within the British Waterways Act 1995.
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CAMPAIGN NEWS
26 June 2022 – Hundreds attend NBTA Hackney Protest Picnic
26 March 2022 – Hundreds march on CRT’S London office
7 January 2022 – Resistance to Restrictions in full swing
2 September – CRT backsdown over safety zones
4 June 2021- CRT continues to back down in face of protests
28 May 2021 – UPDATE: Hackney Flotilla Protest
17 May 2021 – Stop the Safety Zone Protest Picnic
16 May 2021 – Our actions have impact, let’s keep going…
18 April 2021 – Broxbourne Flotilla Protest
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