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Welcome
Living waterways transform places and enrich lives Agenda 1. Welcome from Jon Guest, with an update on recent changes 2. Lea Rowing Club: A rower’s perspective from Bridget Snaith 3. A report from Sam Thomas, Customer Operations Manager (with an update on major works) 4. Fisheries, Angling and the Canal & River Trust with John Ellis 5. Barbara Davis: Waterway Chaplaincy and adoptions 6. Chantal Dave: Environmental issues and invasive species 7. A report from Simon Cadek, Enforcement Supervisor 8. Sorwar Ahmed: Towards a mooring strategy 9. Questions The national picture
• 2% annual increase in lock usage in 2014 • 9 of 11 waterways, including London, showed an increase in lock usage • We expect to exceed 350m visits in 14/15 • 17m individual visitors estimated in the past year • 15 open days Nationally attracting 9,000 people , at City Rd Lock we got over 2,000. Financial performance
• Fundraising income growing – 10,000 regular donors • Ahead of budget for boating and mooring income • c.£93m spend on waterways (up 10%+) • Grant agreement provides additional £10m from April 2015, enabling further increases Ambitions for our new website
Base our website design and structure on what our customers and supporters want
Make information clear and easy to find
Tell the story of our work as a charity and make a compelling case for support
Reflect the local flavour and diversity of the waterways across the site
Get more Trust staff, volunteers & partners involved in creating digital content Research has told us…
• Getting the navigation and structure right is critical
• Give greater emphasis to local plans, projects and activities
• Improve our interactive maps
• Make sure all waterway users are represented
• It’s easy to find out how to support, but not why Our new ten year strategy Our new Operations & Asset management directorate in place. The changes will enable us to: • Improve customer service, • Deliver more local community focus and public engagement • Take a national approach to asset management/ work planning • Get more work done and operate more efficiently London Waterway Team Lea Rowing Club Rowing on the Lea Navigation Rowing on London’s Canal Network
Rowing on the Lea from Tottenham Lock to Old Ford
A Brief History of Rowing on the Lea
There is a long and proud tradition of rowing on the Lea in Hackney. At least 12 rowing clubs existed before 1881 By 1899 there were still 39 active clubs, of which 20 were amateur, and 19 tradesmen’s clubs. There were winter processional races & Summer Regattas. Radleys Boat house, Lea Bridge Spring Hill has always been an important location for rowing and from the 1880s onwards it housed Verdon’s boathouse (pleasure boats) & Tyrrell’s boathouse (sport rowing). It is now home to the Lea Rowing Club, formed in 1980 through an amalgamation of the last five clubs using the Spring Hill site. Spartan Rowing Club, 1912 (Hackney Archives) The Lea’s Sporting Achievements
Five Olympic oars men & women, including
• Stroke of GB4+ in the first ever women’s events in the Olympic regatta 1976 , now coach at Lea RC
• First British Muslim to row for GB, rowed at 3 Games , Sal Hassan , (Picture 1992)
• Winner in 1st women’s Boat Race on the Thames last weekend!
• several GB Juniors,
• Henley Winners most recent Women’s Henley 2013 Rowing Boats & Barges: Dimensions
6.8 m
2.1m Rowing Boats & Barges: Dimensions
• Competition Rowing lane 13.5 m, • Approx width 8, including blades 6.8m, length 19.9 m • Approx width 1x , inc blades 5.7m, length 8.2 m • Narrow boat width 2.1m maximum length 22m, • Widebeam boat width circa 3.8, max length 22m, • Lock width on the Lea 5.9 m Rowing Boats & Barges: Dimensions Rowing Boats & Barges: Speed
World Best mph
Men's 8+ 13.99 Women's 8+ 12.55 Men's 1x 11.29 Women's 1x 10.46
Narrow Boat 4 Henley course (two side by side 8s racing) 24m Rowing on the Lea: Width of Water
Springhill 600m straight Rowing on the Lea: Width of Water
The Curtains, below Lea Bridge Training on the Lea: Visibility Training on the Lea: 2k straight Pinch Points Collisions Questions Maintenance and Engineering Update
Stoppages completed 2014/15 • Hertford Lock R Lee Refurbished top and bottom gates. • Hawley Lock relined • City Rd and replaced lock gates Regent’s. (open day) • Hertford Union middle relined gates. • Tednambury refurbished top and bottom gates R Stort • Hanwell Lock 92 relined • Hanwell Lock 96 relined • Widewater Lock relined Only Tednambury overran due to flooding. 80% of planned works completed including £300k of contract delivery. Repairing over 300 defects across the waterway
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26 Regent’s - Bluebell Moorings
• Installation of a 200m timber jetty, to allow for 11 additional offside residential moorings near Actons Lock. • Construction started 18th March. • Completion due end of April. • The project is entirely funded by CRT. • A mooring restriction is in place on the towpath side during the works. • The towpath will remain open throughout the works. Lee - Old Barge Waterway Wall
• Reconstruction of failing waterway wall outside the Old Barge pub in Hertford • Construction due to start May/June 2015. • Construction will last for 12 weeks. • Value of the project - c£300k. The project is entirely funded by CRT. • A canal restriction will be in place during the works, but navigation will still be possible. • The towpath will be closed during the works, but a diversion will be in place. GU - River Crane Aqueduct
• Brickwork and parapet wall repairs with possible bed repairs to River Crane Aqueduct in Hayes. • The Project is due to be on site Nov 15 for approx. 6 weeks. • The forecast cost for the project is c£200K funded by CRT. • The works may require a stoppage with the section dewatered. This depends on the findings of site investigations.
29 West India Dock Entrance Lock – Pintle repairs
• Quarterly check dives of the condition of the 2011/12 temporary repairs to two of the six pintles
• c£40 funded by CRT
• Permanent repair works planned to start in early 2017 Stort - Brick Lock – lock wall works
• Deflected towpath side lock wall needs to be held in its current position – likely to be anchored
• c£250k funding from CRT
• Works to be carried out during the 15/16 Stoppage season Regent’s - Towpath Improvements
• This project is part of an integrated strategy to upgrade the towpath and provide better onward connections in partnership with Transport for London and the local London boroughs. • The funding is for improvements between Lisson Grove and Prince Albert Road Ramp at Cumberland Basin, Towpath Resurfacing, Graffiti Removal & Painting, Access Improvements • A total of £300k funding from Transport for London • Works to be delivered by the end of March 2016. West India Dock – Dive Surveys
• West India South Dock ~ 1km of dock wall survey • Coping level to bed level (~10m deep) • Detailed 3D imaginary, modern surveying techniques & interpretation done via Survey Boat • Volunteer research of CRT and London Docklands 1982 Docklands Museum archives • c£70k from CRT • Additional ~5km data captured in Millwall Docks for future analysis as waterway requires • 90% complete • Enquires being made into possible Docklands exhibition using all data gathered to date PLA Survey Boat “Galloper” Stort - Feildes Weir to Lower Lock
• 150m of coir roll installation • Bank stabilisation • Water Vole habitat enhancements • Funded by external stakeholers River Stort Bank Protection March 2015 • Working with EA • Completed in March 2015 • Towpath renewal scheme also due for 500m section in 2016 Stort - Footbridge 7a, Roydon
• Towpath bridge over River Stort • 100m of “soft” bank protection • Installation of ground anchors to stabilise bridge abutments • Bridge deck repaint • Bridge deck timber repairs • Materials delivered via water based plant • Drilling done via water based plant River Stort Bridge 7a • Water vole sensitive area • c£370k • Currently onsite (March 2015 – May 2015) • Working with EA, local residents, local farmer, local council, Network Rail Footbridge 7a – Roydon River Stort
Core Drilling into abutments
Installing 7.5m steel “H” piles (part completed) Air Raid Protection (ARP) Gates Rationalisation
• Dive survey at each of the 16 ARP sites in London to determine condition • ARPs installed between 1939 and 1942 – our WWII Heritage! • Restoration of key 5 sites back to operational level – gates and grooves Bulls Bridge Dewatered (2007) • Preservation of remaining 11 sites • This work to enhance the CRT Emergency Response and Water Management Procedures • Onsite (Phase 1) Winter 2015 - £100k
Warwick Avenue, Little Venice Paddington Arm - Culvert 11 Greenford - Relining
Located in an urban area, approximately 200m to the east of Bridge 15A, Greenford Road Bridge
• Culvert in poor condition • Will be relined with a UV cured “sausage” liner • c£130k GU – Roving Bridge – Yiewsley, Repairs
• Steelwork repairs, strengthening and painting • c£150k – CRT funded • Hoping to be on site late Summer 2015 Horseshoe Bridge – River Lee
• 26m open truss steel bridge deck • Key transport link – TfL Cycleway, Towpath Crossover, PROW, Commuter route • Deck refurbishment • Abutment stabilisation • c£250k from CRT • TfL funded feasibility study (underway), which could lead to the approach ramps being made DDA / cycleway compliant Horseshoe Bridge • Design in 2015, Implementation in 2016 • Working adjacent to SSSI Customer service updates
• Danbury Street Bin store Regents • Hertford Union Bin Store • Refurbishment of Stonebridge Customer service facilities • Refurbishment of Bishops Stortford Customer service facilities • Refurbishment of Little Venice Customer service facilities • Refurbishment of Brentford Customer service facilities • Planned works for 2015 in place with an increase in volunteer interaction. • Installation bunds at key location for the collection of waste oil.
Tunnel Safety Review – working group required. Hand-outs available
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• Over 23,000 volunteer hours given to the London Waterway • 96% of volunteers in London would recommend volunteering with Canal & River Trust (based on sample surveys throughout the year) • 6 Community and 2 Corporate Adoptions where groups volunteer on their adopted section at least once a month • • Volunteer Lock Keepers • 35 new Volunteer Lock Keepers recruited to join the 46 returning from last season • Inductions taking place this month, by May we will usually have full weekday coverage at Camden, Hanwell and Cowley as well as some coverage at Brentford, Widewater, City Road (new site) and Old Ford(RE) • • To receive monthly updates on volunteer events and opportunities contact Debbie Vidler – [email protected] •
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An Overview of Environmental Management on the London Canals
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Waterway Areas North West Waterways North East Waterways Manchester & Pennines Waterways East Midlands Waterways North Wales & Borders Waterways Central Shires Waterways South Wales & Severn Waterways West Midlands Waterways South East Waterways Kennet & Avon Waterways London Waterways Map Key Canal & River Trust offices Canal & River Trust waterways AINA waterways © Crown copyright and database rights, 2013, Ordnance Survey 100030994. © Next Perspectives, 2013. Contains Royal Mail data, © Royal Mail copyright and database right, 2013. Contains National Statistics data, © Crown copyright and database right, 2013. 44 Environmental Incidents/Issues
Environmental Incidents 2014
58 69 21729 37 52 83 805 305
Invasive Plants ‐ Terrestrial
Fly Tipping / abandoned vehicles / Shopping trolleys Water Pollution / Fish kills 673 Invasive Plants ‐ Aquatic
910
Total 3049 reported incidents
45 Fly-Tipping
46 Invasive Terrestrial Plants
47 Water Pollution
48 Invasive Aquatic Plants
49 Invasive Animals
50 Environmental Enhancements
• Floating reedbeds – Tottenham Locks
• Artificial kingfisher bank – Regent’s Canal
• Eel pass – River Lee Nav., GUC
• Bird boxes – Alperton
• Coir roll bank reedbeds – River Stort
• Skyway Community Garden – Regent’s Canal
51 For an urgent response, call 0800 47 999 47
For non-urgent events, you can call us between 08:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday on 0303 040 4040 or email [email protected]
@canalrivertrust /canalrivertrust /canalrivertrust
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Enforcement in London National Boat Check
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National
• Evasion target 5% • Evasion Average 4.6%
• Boats = 33,366 • Enforceable = 29,551 • Non Enforceable = 3,815*
• 754 additional boats from last check − Boat growth >14 new boats per week or >62 per month − (Cent= +225, North = +116, SE = +136, SW = -14)
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London
• Evasion rate at October check 8.2%
• Evasion now fallen to 5.7% (lowest 5.3%) (first time London has not been the highest)
• Boats = 4,340 • Enforceable = 3,255 • Non Enforceable = 1,085
• 291 additional boats from last check (most [194] arrived Apr 2014- Oct 2014) − Boat growth >5 new boats per week or >24 per month
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. London’s licence evasion rate currently stands at 5.7% (inc revocations)
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• 178 licence enforcement
• 21 overstay enforcement
• 371 non cc enforcement
• 93 others (complex cases inc business)
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For the past year, we’ve looked at where and how far new continuous cruisers have moved over the course of their license period to see if the cruising pattern has been in line with our published Guidance.
On license expiry, those who have consistently failed to move in accordance with the Guidance – despite the regular reminders - are refused a new licence unless they take a home mooring.
We’re now extending this approach to all continuous cruisers.
BUT… while boaters are becoming familiar with this policy, we propose to issue a short duration license to give the boater concerned the opportunity to establish an acceptable range and pattern of movement.
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• Number of months we have seen the boat • Maximum distance travelled from the initial sightings (GIS calculated data) • Frequency of movements • Location of the sightings (main line / mooring site) • Approved overstays, equality adjustments • Duration of the current contract period • When the boat became a CC-er during the contract period • Stage of existing enforcement action (if any) • Period of winter mooring permits (if any)
Following the review boaters will be assigned one of four groups: • Restricted to a 3 month licence on a CC basis • Restricted to a 6 month licence on a CC basis • Requested to confirm home mooring status (some have mooring but are on a cc licence)
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*Summary Enforcement News (new process) Number of Restricted Licences for May & June Renewals:
Nationally • Total 169 restricted licences • 49 restricted to 3 months • 120 restricted to 6 months
London • Total 60 restricted licences • 19 restricted to 3 months • 41 restricted to 6 months
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• New data checking regimes – we are now getting more frequent sightings on the whole of the London Network (previously on a 14 day cycle, now on a 7 day cycle). Moving forward, volunteers and bank staff will also count boats.
• 14 Day reminders are working well and being used to flag boats for enforcement action and moving people off VMs and the length effectively.
• 6 boats have been seized since January and we have 9 more currently planned and sadly more cases heading that way (it’s a last resort but if boaters leave us with no choice, sadly we have to).
• Enforcement Data now published online at: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/licensing/enforcement
The image part with relationship ID rId2 was not found in the file. New London Enforcement Team (from May)
Simon Cadek – Enforcement Supervisor (London Region)
Tony Smith - Enforcement Nick Wattam – Enforcement Officer (West London & Officer ( Lower Lee & Paddington Arm) Limehouse)
Tom Jackson – Enforcement Anthony Jenkins – Officer (Regents & Hertford Enforcement Officer (Upper Union) Lee & Stort)
Kelly Sheilds – Boating Currently Recruiting – Boating Coordinator (Brentford) Coordinator (Enfield)
David Davies – Data Collector Currently Recruiting – Data (Central & West London) Collector (East London) 65 The End…
The image part with relationship ID rId2 was not found in the file. Towards a London Mooring Strategy London User Forum 15 April 2015
Sorwar Ahmed Boater Liaison Manager (London)
[email protected] Twitter: @SorzCRT Facebook: /SorwarLondonBoating Tel.: 07825-230032 London Mooring strategy Better Relationships Group’s London priorities
Capacity
Moorings Behaviour
Comm- Enforcement unication National activity
• Towpath Mooring Management Project • New Vision, new Values, and 10 year strategy • Focus on customer service • New boat Licence Terms & Conditions • Policy on boats without a home mooring • National Short-term Mooring Framework • National Towpath Policy • Review of customer service standards Towards a new strategy
• Current approach nearly three years old • The Trust has evolved has evolved • Moorings demand has also grown • Waterway use more diverse, e.g. rowing, canoeing, paddle boarding, etc. • Potentially radical solutions tested and found unsuitable • Trust focussing on using its existing powers more effectively Partnership objective
To meet the challenges and opportunities of boating in London Process
• Surveys • Data gathering and analysis • User engagement • Strategy development • Consultation • Review • Strategy publication Programme
April Research May User engagement
July Strategy development
Sept. Consultation & review Oct. Strategy publication Next steps • Partnership sub-group • Production of mooring maps • User engagement − Needs analysis − Stakeholder meetings − Open meetings Talk to me!
Contact me at:
Mobile: 07825-230 032
Facebook: /SorwarLondonBoating
Twitter: @SorzCRT