{"id":2097,"date":"2015-05-13T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2015-05-13T10:09:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:09:17","slug":"1361-unlicensed-boats-spotted-march-crt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/1361-unlicensed-boats-spotted-march-crt\/2097","title":{"rendered":"1,361 unlicensed boats spotted by CRT in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Just under 30,000 boats were recorded on CRT canals and waterways this March, up about 3% on 2014. There were 1361 licence evaders,\u00a0slightly up on last year. The national boat count also paints a picture of the changing numbers of boats across the country. London, for example, has seen an increase of 291 boats sighted year-on-year, equivalent to more than five boats arriving every week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/survey01.jpg\" alt=\"moored boats\" width=\"650\" height=\"211\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/survey01.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/survey01-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canal &amp; River Trust\u2019s annual national boat count has confirmed that licence evasion rates are below 5% for the sixth year in a row \u2013 with 95.4% of boats on the 2,000 miles of waterways it cares for found to be holding up-to-date licences.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ian Rogers, head of customer services at Canal &amp; River Trust, said:\u00a0 \u201cBoaters make a hugely valuable contribution to the life of the waterways, not least by helping to fund their vital upkeep.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to see so many people keeping their licences up to date as the more who do, the less time and money we have to spend on evasion and the more we can focus on the maintenance and repairs, dredging, vegetation and other customer service improvements \u2013 plus all the other day-to-day work we do to keep our historic canals and rivers navigable.\u00a0 Quite aside from that, if a boat isn\u2019t licensed we can\u2019t know it\u2019s safe, which poses a risk for the boat owner and other boaters alike.<\/p>\n<p>While evasion remains low, it was disappointing to see some boats without a licence and a slight increase in evasion compared with last year.\u00a0 When we\u2019ve kept licence increases at no more than inflation, it is disappointing to see a small minority taking the benefits of boating on the waterways without putting anything back to fund their upkeep.\u00a0 Regretfully, in 2014\/15, we had to remove 83 boats from our canals and rivers as they were unlicensed or in breach of our terms and conditions.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The annual survey was completed in March, with Trust staff identifying boats on waterways across England &amp; Wales. It provides a comprehensive snap-shot of licence evasion, with the information used to support the day-to-day enforcement work carried out by the Trust.<\/p>\n<p><em>Information from CRT press release 11 May 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Just under 30,000 boats were recorded on CRT canals and waterways this March, up about 3% on 2014. 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