Thread by @Andrewwood17

New public park & sailing in the river Thames west of Westferry road
Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre wants to install a pontoon for sailing boats next to the land where the slipway is now opposite the sailing center
It would allow them to sail in the river Thames & not
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just in the docks. On land, there would be a security gate, access to electricity, water, and then a ramp down the slipway.
On the pontoon would be everything the sailors need
Idea goes back to the 1980s when the center was first set up but there was never enough £ to do it
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But if Westferry Printworks is built it would reduce the number of days that sailing could occur safely in part of the docks near the Printworks
So with fewer sailing days in the docks, the more expert sailors could sail in the Thames
More here
facebook.com/groups/1458438…
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The Council also has a consultation underway on a new park in the slipway area but it does not mention the sailing possibility, they say because a separate project
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/millwall-outer…
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Other than that less clear what the Council intends but they have paid consultants £25k to come up with ideas. Stage 1 is this consultation survey
If you support the idea of sailing - then mention it in the survey
Do you want the new park to include a child learning area for
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school children as a lot of schools have limited outdoor space i.e. an area where a class could sit outdoors and be taught about nature?
Do you still want to retain direct access to the water and a 'beach' as the consultation is not clear about
that
The sailing centre still
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need a slipway to launch boats. It maybe that the slipway is re-profiled so that less land flooded regularly i.e. steeper access on land side
PPS would love for the Sea Scouts by the blue bridge to have the same sailing opportunity in the Thames on their side of the island
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