do you think its not right that anyone should be able to privately own a river-bank?

Question

ie should the entire length of a river be accessable to the public?

or would you be content if by law, one side of a river should always be accessable to the public?

Answer 1

I have friends who own land where a part of the river runs through. They make sure the river is kept clean and well maintained. they have lots of wild life breeding there. I guess nature is for everyone to enjoy but those who do not respect the nature tend to abuse our natural resources and therefore I am in favour of people privately owning parts of natural resources as long as they take care of it.

Answer 2

Fortunatley the laws relating to the ownership of property in UK is not dependant on what you (or anyone else) thinks is 'right' ...

To maintain a stable society it is necessary to maintain property rights .. so in this context, what you are say is ...

"Should the Government use Tax Payers money to purchase access to a River where such access does not exist at the moment"

It's hard to put a proce on this - in some cases it will be necessary to purchase the entire property - perhaps £100 million per mile ??

Answer 3

The river is public property. Why would you want the entire river bank to be public? No one would own "water front property."
To get around this issue I bought a boat.

Answer 4

I own the river bank outside my house in the country. I paid good money for it. Why shouldn't I own it?

Answer 5

its as fair as the ownership of any land, why should a river bank be seen as different?