Avon Between Stratford & Warwick to be Made Navigable?

[Lex]

Personally, I don't want to see this happen, neither do a lot of people who live along the river!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28261364

[rebbonk]

I read it Lex, and to be honest I have very mixed views on it. Wouldn't that kind of money be better spent elsewhere?

[Lex]

Maybe spend the money on useful things like repairing potholes in roads? Most people who're against the plan don't want their privacy infringed by people gawping into their back gardens. I don't blame them, they bought houses, not zoos! No doubt that the main justification will be that the navigation will bring valuable tourist money to the area.