Good find, I admit I had jumped on the Thames Water is Evil bandwagon, and for the record they are evil, but in this case they have been out-eviled by that other driver of British societal regression:

> Campaigners had fought the plan, claiming there was no need for such a large reservoir and that it would damage the environment.

> Leader of the Vale of White Horse Council Tony de Vere said: "We are delighted with this decision.

> "Local residents were very worried about the impact of such a large reservoir and we share their relief that the plan has been axed."

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AussieCoder 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I have friends in the Abingdon area and the primary objection, from what they've told me, is that locals objected to a reservoir that would mainly be used to supply London. Little Englanders at their worst.

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KoolKat23 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

And that's when parliament should step in and pass it as standalone infrastructure under its own bill.

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bethekidyouwant 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah but don’t forget all the eminent domain shit that happened in the 70s and destroyed neighbourhoods left and right. The power structure set up to make sure that doesn’t happen again are now impeding important progress.

	▲	KoolKat23 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks I'm going to have to look this up. Sounds interesting.

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Earw0rm 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

They don't object to London subsidising their "rural" lifestyle and paying their pensions though. I despise these people.

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blitzar 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Local residents were very worried about the impact of such a large reservoir

Was it the crocodiles or the immigrants in small boats in the reservoir they worried about most?

	▲	tpoacher 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Snarkiness aside, this is Oxfordshire. One of 'the' most unlikely areas to have been concerned about that as the primary opinion driver.

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hermitcrab 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Reservoirs are nice, aren't they? Nice to look at, swim in, kayak on, walk around etc. Unless your house is going to be flooded, of course.

	▲	jspash 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed! I have a few around me, and to be honest I didn't even realise they were there for a few years until I really started exploring the area on foot. They are lovely. So I don't know what the objections were about. You can easily ignore them, and just as easily enjoy them. But they are hardly going to "destroy the environment". That said, they would of course destroy "some" environment. I'm not aware of the specific objections in this case. So I'll leave an open mind until I do.