MALDON ANNUAL JOINT USERS AND RIVER SAFETY MEETING

TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2026 – 7.30PM

Bar open from 6.30 pm

Maldon Harbour Improvement Commisioners (MHIC) host this event. Everyone interested in safety matters relating to the River Blackwater is invited to attend this open meeting when issues and concerns relating to river safety can be raised and discussed.

The meeting is being hosted by the Blackwater Sailing Club at Basin Rd, Heybridge Basin, CM9 4SD and is jointly organised with the Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners. Representatives of Maldon District Council, the River Bailiff, the Essex Police Marine Unit and other agencies will be attending. A full list will follow.

Agenda:

1. Welcome (David Patient, Chairman, Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners)

2. Home Office Intelligence Directorate

3. Maritime and Coastguard Agency

4. RNLI – report from Martin Wade, Chairman, W Mersea Lifeboat

5. River safety; general update (Maldon District Council, Daren Spring Head of Assets Coast and Countryside, Nigel Harmer, River Bailiff)

6. Heybridge Lock

7. Essex and Suffolk Water Authority (Matthew Cook)

8. National Trust – Katy Gilchrist, Project Manager

9. a) Update from Blackwater Sailing Club b) Blackwater Sailing Club Cadets

10. Report from Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners (D Patient, Chairman)

11. Maldon Barge Operators Group

12. Gig rowing (Maldon Gig Club)

13. Paddlers (Clive Marfleet)

14. Marine Management Organisation (MMO) report from Marie Canny, Marine Planner.

15. General Issues for Discussion/Questions

16. Invite for leaflets/information. Local Organisations, Events - for information. (Leaflets and schedules on table at the back.)

17. Meeting close

Calendar of Maldon Harbour Events – A list of events will be circulated after the meeting. If you have any events for this list, please send them in.

Julie Stuchbery, Clerk to the Commissioners:

Email: clerk@mhic.org.uk

https://mhic.org.uk/forth-coming-events/