save our waterways
If you have ever enjoyed a walk beside a river or canal or been fishing or boating, please sign this on-line petition. Your participation in this petition will help to protect funding for over 2000 miles of a linear park that covers our country. copy & paste - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveOurWaterways/"Up to 1,000 boats and thousands of people are expected to take part in twenty six blockades of the canal network this weekend to protest at the axing of 180 jobs at British Waterways." "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."
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