Pillings reduce capacity

TO ENABLE Pillings Lock Marina to work with the cost of its Network Access Agreement (NAA) it has been forced to reduced its number of berths.

NAA agreed

In a letter to its moorers, Roy Rollings, Director, Pillings Lock Trading Ltd told of a productive meeting with Canal & River Trust and that a NAA had been agreed, adding:

"Unfortunately as we are entering into a full agreement, we have no choice but to reduce the capacity of the marina. The decision has been taken to close part of G Jetty in order to reduce the annual NAA cost. This is not a decision that has been taken lightly, with G Jetty being chosen due to it having the lowest occupancy in the marina. The marina office will be making contact with every berth holder that this will affect in the next day or two.

"On a more positive note, good progress has been made today and I am confident access to the system will be maintained."

It is a great pity that such a popular marina should have to reduce its capacity through a system by the Trust that is not applied to any of its own marinas.