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Suchet to oppose EA actions at RTA AGM
07 Jul 2008
As chairman of the River Thames Alliance (RTA), Mr Suchet will take the group’s AGM this Thursday 10 July at 16.00 in the Rowing Museum at Henley, Oxon. At the end of the AGM – at approximately 17.30 - Mr Suchet will take questions on his statement that:
‘The Environment Agency have attempted to implement a policy that involves dispensing with a number of lock keeper homes to save money.
I am implacably opposed to this action. As Chairman of the River Thames Alliance, my post bag has been full of informed comment and not a single voice has expressed anything other than total opposition to the course of action proposed by the Environment Agency.
I am urging the EA to reconsidered this matter yet again, even from the current moratorium that has been announced for the remainder of this year.
All proposed action on the sale or renting out of lock premises must cease. All options to improve the management and service on The River Thames must be collated by stakeholders with the Environment Agency. At that time, meetings between the Environment Agency, their consultative groups, staff, stakeholders, MPs and Defra can then decide on the most appropriate way forward.
The River Thames Alliance will hold its AGM at the Henley Rowing Museum on Thursday July 10th by which time I truly hope to have received the assurances I am looking for.’
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