We must try save our waterways!

I was interested in a comment by Gillian..

Have you seen the e-petition set up by Save Our Waterways? http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveOurWaterways/

You know there is an awful lot being done to petition and protest at the cuts being made to British Waterways from the government.. I have not mentioned it on the blog yet, but this weekend hopefully there will be a lot of news about it on everyone’s local tele, and on the national television I hope.  There is lots of information from various sites, one of those sites it Mike Stevens’s site Save Our Waterways site.

This e-petition site looks good, and thanks Gillian, I will sign that, and I hope a lot of you who read the blog will support us and maybe sign it too.  The reason for the petition..

Our inland waterways are a unique national asset that provide an important contribution to the quality of life for millions of our citizens. According to British Waterways, there were 300 million individual visits to the canals in 2005 and we are deeply concerned that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has seen fit to reduce British Waterways’ grant by some £60 million over the next 5 years and that of the Environment Agency by over £20 million in this financial year. We believe that these cuts will have a devastating effect upon the well-being of inland waterways and put at risk many urban regeneration projects.

It would of course be better if everyone wrote to their local MP, but signing the petition looks easy.. hey give it a go.. For sure there will be huge, no massive cuts to the work thats done on the waterways in the future because of the funding cuts.. sad, very sad.  Even on this canal, The Kennet and Avon, so much money was put into it to get it restored and open, now I wonder if it will stay open.. it is not in the best of states as it is..

We are taking No Problem to Pewsey at the weekend to join a protest there that is being organised.. just one of many all around the waterways… Do have a look at Mike’s site..