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Canal Corporation Announces Revised
Hours
CANAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REVISED HOURS FOR UPCOMING
NAVIGATION SEASON
Hours Expanded During the Height of the Season
The New York State Canal Corporation today announced revised
hours for the 2008 navigation season. The new hours of operation
for Canal Corporation locks and lift bridges for the 2008 season
are now as follows:
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May 1
to May 22
May
23 to September 3
September 4 to November 15 |
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7:00
AM to 5:00 PM
7:00
AM to 10:00 PM
7:00
AM to 5:00 PM |
The Canal Corporation had previously
announced on March 19, 2008 a planned reduction in the hours
of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as a result of
reduced staffing for its seasonal work program, allowing for
a savings of roughly $1 million.
Under the revised plan, for the 2008 season, the Canal
Corporation will slightly reduce its seasonal work program
as well as suspend the “Green Thumb” program, a program that
assists with grounds keeping at Canal locations, allowing
for a savings of $435,000.
During the Thruway Authority’s public hearing process, the
message from the recreational and commercial boating
community was that the shortened hours proposed on March 19
would have a devastating impact on the economic benefits of
the Canal System in 2008. Canal Corporation staff revisited
the plan to determine where other cuts could be made,
without eliminating essential functions and services. As a
result, the Canal Corporation will restore the summer hours
for the majority of the boating season, while still reducing
its operating costs.
The New York State Canal System is comprised of four
historic waterways, the Erie, the Champlain, the Oswego and
the Cayuga-Seneca Canals. Spanning 524 miles across New York
State, the waterway links the Hudson River, Lake Champlain,
Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes and the Niagara River with
communities rich in history and culture.
The New York State Thruway Authority/Canal Corporation
offers a free email service called TRANSalert to its
customers via email or text messaging to inform them of
major incidents and emergencies that may affect travel on
the Thruway or navigation on the Canal System. To sign up
for the Canal TRANSalert service, customers can visit the
Corporation's website at www.nyscanals.gov/tas/.
To sign-up for Thruway TRANSalerts please visit the
Authority's website at www.nysthruway.gov/tas/.
For boating information, vacation opportunities and news
about the New York State Canal System, please visit
www.nyscanals.gov or call
1-800-4CANAL4.
Canal Corporation Announces
Target Opening
Date & Hour for Upcoming Navigation Season
Canal Opening (PDF)
Eliminates expiration of provisions
authorizing commercial application of aquatic antifouling paints
by a commercial pesticide apprentice.
MARCELLINO introduced Bill#S-0703 in the Senate yesterday
(03.28.08).
It was cosponsored by DEFRANCISCO, FLANAGAN, JOHNSON O,
LARKIN, MAZIARZ, TRUNZO,
VOLKER.
MRAA Speaker Gives Tips on
Increasing Sales
LAS VEGAS
(November 29, 2007) -- Boat dealers heard a mouthful Wednesday
from an animated Tom Stuker, who has been a recognized leader in
the world of automotive sales and management consultation.
Stuker, of Stuker
& Associates in Hoffman Estates, Ill., told dealers they can
increase sales by more than 25 percent without spending a penny
by doing two simple things: talking to more people and doing a
better job of talking to the people you talk to.
For example, in
the area of referral requests, dealers do themselves a
disservice when they ask customers, "Do you know anybody looking
to buy a new boat today?" The word "do" alone almost always
generates a negative response. Instead, Stuker said, add "who"
to ask "Who do you know that s looking to buy a new boat today?"
That way you re most likely to get a name.
Stuker, in his
excitable sales voice, cited nine ways for dealers to increase
traffic. They are:
- increase
repeat sales
- generate more referrals
- develop new business
- increase phone-up show ratio
- improve the "be back" ratio
- curb appeal
- improve CSI
- improve advertising
- use non-selling personnel
He also
underscored the importance of sales associates follow-up on
incoming calls to the dealership in the first 15 minutes of the
call.
He said dealers
need to improve basic sales skills and hire, train, manage and
hold sales associates accountable for their work. One hundred
percent accountability on floor-ups and phone-ups is essential
to improving sales.
Stuker also
stressed the importance of customer relations management, given
that 95 percent of all CRMs are grossly underused.
One of Stuker's
essentials is "Total Opportunity Management," a day-to-day
method of tracking each sales opportunity. It allows dealers to
track month-to-date forecasts, actual deliveries, the status of
working opportunities, expenses, inventory and referrals, and
other such data.
-- Lois Caliri
Trailer Surge Brake Enforcement
Attached is
letter (dated Set. 14th, 2004) from John Hill, Assistant
Administrator of DOT’S Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration “advising of the Agency’s decision to allow the
use of surge brakes on trailers operated in interstate commerce
provided certain conditions are satisfied. In consideration of
the Agency’s decision to grant the Surge Brake Coalition’s
petition for rulemaking, I am instructing all FMCSA enforcement
personnel to cease issuing citations for violation of 49 CFR
393.48 and 393.49 for instances in which an internal surge brake
system is used on:
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A
trailer with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 12,000
lbs or less, provided its GVWR does not exceed 1.75 times
the GVWR of the towing vehicle; or
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A
trailer with a GVWR greater than 12,000 lbs, but less than
20,001 lbs, provided the GVWR does not exceed 1.25 times the
GVWR of the towing vehicle.”
Trailer Surge Brake Enforcement (pdf)
If you own a marine related business, and would like to become a
member of the Central New York Boating Industries Association,
please e-mail us at:
bia@twcny.rr.com. |
