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Progress on the better boating plan: Keeping our canals open for boating

Our commitment to boaters that keeping our canals open for navigation is at the heart of what we do.

This is our commitment to boaters, from the top of the Trust, that boating will be central to our long-term plan.

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Board boating sub-committee

Our chair, David Orr CBE, will chair a new boating sub-committee of our board that will oversee the implementation of a better boating plan and the general boating issues. Keeping our canals open for navigation will be central to our next ten-year strategy.

Our targetOur progress
To establish a boating sub-committee.Our sub-committee has been established to oversee the implementation of the better boating plan and general boating issues to support our target of increasing boater satisfaction to 75% by 2030.

Last Edited: 01 April 2025

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