Balance beam replacement: river restriction notice
Published 20 October 2017
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When
Winter 2017 to 2018
Where
Kings Lock
Details
The balance beams at Kings Lock are being replaced. This work will require short stoppages of up to 2 hours at a time as the beams are lifted out of place and the new ones are installed.
The works are scheduled to take a couple of days to complete. All boats must be navigated in accordance with any instructions given from Environment Agency staff.
All directions as to left and right are given looking upstream.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 as may be relevant.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws, 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.