Quote from Granny's Blog: "Talking of the Environment Agency and the Gold Licence, I read a lot of criticism about BW's attitude to boaters, but almost nothing about the EA's management of navigations. Is the EA doing it more competently, or simply lucky in being able to bury its navigation responsibilities within environmental and flood control?"
and a reply from another NB'er: " Re EA consultation - I think the reason you see less contention over EA proposals is because EA consults far more competently and thoughtfully than BW - My recent experince as a NABO rep is that EA's officers and consultative structures work far better than BW's. As a result EA in general seems to do much more listening, discussion and preparation BEFORE taking unpopular decisions. Hence the worst problems and most contentious issues have at least been worked through a bit before the public announcements. I find senior EA Officers I have met much more amenable and frankly much more honest and open about such issues than BW."
That should get a few of you going........
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