Thank You!

A BIG !!!!THANK YOU!!!! FROM ALL AT THE RESERVOIR ACTION GROUP  TO:

·         All the 130 Walkers (and dogs!) who took part in Saturday's event on the Gold (21 Miles), Silver (17 Miles), Bronze (12 Miles), Copper (6 Miles) & Zinc Routes (3 Miles);

·         Assembly Members JULIE MORGAN (Cardiff North) & JENNY RATHBONE (Cardiff Central) - Silver Route; Jenny Rathbone also raised £200 in sponsorship.

·         MP JONATHAN EVANS  (Cardiff North) - Copper ;

·         Assembly Member  ELUNED PARROTT (South Wales Central) - Zinc Route.

With the proceeds from entry fees and sponsorship it's anticipated that over £1,000 will have been raised.

During the next week info and photos from the day will be added.

Assembly Member Eluned Parrott Will Be Walking The Zinc Route

Eluned Parrott, Assembly Member for South Wales Central (Liberal Democrat), will be walking the Zinc Route.

Also taking part, as noted in previous blog posts, are former First Minister Rhodri Morgan,  Labour AMs Julie Morgan (Cardiff North) and Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central) also Conservative MP (Cardiff North) Jonathan Evans.

Jonathan Evans, MP for Cardiff North Will Be Walking the Copper Route

Jonathan Evans, Member of Parliament for Cardiff North (Conservative), will be walking the Copper Route with his wife Margaret. Jonathan Evans has campaigned in Parliament for the reservoir.

Also taking part, as noted in a previous blog post, are former First Minister Rhodri Morgan, also Labour AMs Julie Morgan (Cardiff North) and Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

Thank you Baroness Jenny Randerson!

Former Lib Dem Assembly Member, Baroness Jenny Randerson, has written to SOCRW supporting our event and kindly donated £20. Thank you from all at SOCRW and the Reservoir Action Group for this donation.

Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Assembly Member Julie Morgan AM Will Be Walking the Gold Route

Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Julie Morgan AM, Assembly Member for Cardiff North (Labour), will both be walking the Gold Route. Julie Morgan recently offered to meet PPL and discuss the reservoirs issue. PPL is the American multinational company who own the reservoirs . Despite Julie Morgan offering to travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania, at her own expense PPL have snubbed Julie's offer. PPL also own Western Power Distribution, the company that wants to build over 300 homes on the reservoir. See the blog for 2/7/11 for further details on this story.

Also, as noted in a previous blog post, Jenny Rathbone AM, Assembly Member for Cardiff Central (Labour), will be walking the Gold Route with her partner John Uden.

Victorian Society Object to Destroying Reservoir

The Victorian Society has written to the Planning Inspector to register a strong objection to plans to build more than 300 homes in the basin of the Llanishen Reservoir in Cardiff.
More details at:   http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/news/concern-over-damaging-redevelopment-of-cardiff-reservoir/

Assembly Member Jenny Rathbone AM Will Be Walking the Gold Route

Jenny Rathbone AM, Assembly Member for Cardiff Central (Labour) will be walking the Gold Route with her partner John Uden.

South Wales Echo Articles

You can also catch up on the developments in the South Wales Echo:


2nd July: Reservoir Firm Denies AM 
AN Assembly Member has been refused a meeting with the firm behind plans to build on Llanishen reservoir.

Julie Morgan, AM for Cardiff North, wrote asking to meet Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) chairman James Miller at the company's headquarters in May.

Despite offering to travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania, at her own expense, she has now been told “no”. PPL own Western Power Distribution, the company that wants to build 300 homes on the reservoir.

Mrs Morgan said: “I hoped to take a strong message from campaigners to the very top of this multinational business.”

Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/07/02/reservoir-firm-denies-am-s-plea-91466-28980529/#ixzz1R2I60hAv


19th May: Shareholders Lobbied Over Reservoir Battle

THE fight to save Llanishen Reservoir from developers has been taken to shareholders in the US. Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan wrote an open letter to the Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) Company’s annual meeting in the US yesterday.

She alerted it to the massive public relations damage its subsidiary, Western Power Distribution (WPD), was doing to its reputation in attempting over the last decade to “ram through” its plans for 325 houses at the Grade II-listed beauty spot despite widespread public opposition.

Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2011/05/19/shareholders-lobbied-over-reservoir-battle-91466-28721575/#ixzz1MpVlkebn

10th May:  Controversial reservoir site housing project rejected
THE case for Cardiff council ahead of a planning inquiry over the development of Llanishen Reservoir was strengthened last night. Councillors rejected plans from Western Power Distribution Ltd to build on the listed site and create a mini-roundabout off Lisvane Road.


Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2011/05/12/councillors-reject-plans-to-build-on-reservoir-site-91466-28678662/#ixzz1MpVEN6JD


7th May:  Report highlights wildlife threat at Llanishen Reservoir

Campaigners fighting to save Llanishen Reservoir have been given a boost ahead of a public inquiry into the controversial development. Cardiff council planning bosses have recommended two new planning applications linked to plans to build hundreds of homes and flats be rejected.

Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/05/07/report-highlights-wildlife-threat-at-llanishen-reservoir-91466-28650310/#ixzz1MpUIUMwL

8^th April 2011: POLITICAL heavyweight Margaret Beckett believes Llanishen Reservoir will act as a “test case” for a shake-up of UK planning laws.


Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/04/08/margaret-beckett-sees-llanishen-reservoir-as-planning-test-case-91466-28481621/#ixzz1MpT80VL8

Publicity

Preparation for the day of the event is progressing well. We are now in the publicity phase as we'd like to see as many people as possible turn out on the day. If you can put a poster up either at work or the local leisure center or library then download a copy at http://socrw.co.uk/poster.pdf (Type in this address in the bar at the top of the web page).

Welcome to the Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk Blog!

This blog will keep you informed of what's happening with regards the walk in the run-up to the 3rd September.