tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59228932351462612772024-03-04T21:00:08.882-08:00Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs WalkThis Blog will keep people informed of what's happening with regards the walk in the run-up to the 3rd September.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-52329437706701178662014-03-27T02:05:00.000-07:002014-05-25T02:06:22.303-07:00The Fight Goes On!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.002399444580078px;">Llanishen Reservoir Action Group vow to fight on at their AGM which was held this week. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26.002599716186523px;">Richard Cowie, chairman of the <b>Reservoir Action Group </b>(RAG), told members at the group’s AGM about plans to change the group into a charitable trust in order to be able to apply for funding for a sustainable future for the reservoir.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.002399444580078px;">To read the article in the Echo <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-community-group-still-determined-6882547" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-22827647106147527882013-10-30T04:00:00.000-07:002013-10-30T04:08:31.177-07:00Will New Owner Celsa Refill Llanishen Reservoir? Not Anytime Soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Following the submission of the 3000 signature petition, on 24th October at the general council meeting Cllr. Kate Lloyd asked the Leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr. Heather Joyce about refilling the reservoir. Cllr Joyce made the following statement in response:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">"</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I can confirm that I met with Celsa management representatives on 15th October. Celsa confirmed its acquisition of the two reservoirs in North Cardiff for strategic purposes in order to protect the water supply for the company's plant in Cardiff, which currently comes from the Lisvane reservoir. Llanishen reservoir was also acquired in order to meet the long-term expansion plans of the company and future needs for additional water supplies. Until such time as trading conditions </i><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">in the U.K. </i><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">improve considerably, Celsa will not, in the short-term, be able to give commercial consideration to undertaking any non-operational work such as refilling Llanishen reservoir, as their limited financial resources are focused on supporting day-to-day business operations. However, the company has indicated that it does hope to expand its operations in the future once this position improves in the medium to long-term. I am scheduled to meet on a regular basis with Celsa management representatives and will continue to raise this matter with them, in order to obtain a progress report on their future plans here in Cardiff.</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This doesn't sound too good. Celsa have 'limited financial resources' and would only look to refill Llanishen Reservoir if they expand their business. And in todays ferociously competitive world of business its more probable Celsa will never expand which means they'll never refill Llanishen Reservoir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday 26th September a petition with over <b>3000</b> signatures was handed over at the general meeting of Cardiff Council. The petition calls on Cardiff Council to do all
in its power to get Llanishen Reservoir refilled. The<br />ownership of the reservoir has
transferred from Western Power Distribution to Celsa steel company. This has
occurred since the petition was set up but the petition’s appeal for the
reservoir to be refilled remains valid. <br /><br />Its to be hoped both Celsa and Cardiff
Council will take a positive view of the petition and act on the call of
thousands of Cardiff’s residents to get the reservoir
refilled.<br /><br />Also earlier this month (9/9/3) the Echo reported that the
primary reason Celsa have taken ownership of the Cardiff reservoirs is to secure their water supply, steel making requires good clean water and lots
of it! Therefore re-filling Llanishen reservoir is entirely compatible with
their business and would serve their needs into the future with the predicted
extremes of weather and the changing climate.<br /><br />Also at that same
meeting Cardiff Council agreed to build 41,000 new houses in the LDP and this
means there will eventually be a vast built-up area to the north of the
city. In this context retaining the open space and the reservoirs themselves is
even more vital as they provide an important wildlife corridor and could
also be available to the public to enjoy walks in a natural environment. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-15812190208551511822013-09-05T04:30:00.000-07:002013-10-05T05:42:58.009-07:00SOLD! Western Power Distribution Have Sold Reservoirs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Terrific news! Western Power Distribution have sold the reservoirs to Spanish owned steel company Celsa who have a works in Tremorfa and currently take their water supply from Lisvane Reservoir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully Celsa will be a more responsible owner of the fantastic Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Full details of the sale are in the Echo newspaper report, </span><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/steel-giant-celsa-buys-up-5834846" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">click here to read the report</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/llanishen-reservoir-owners-celsa-not-5840388" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">click here for a further report on Celsa future plans.</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's also an excellent article from the Echo's news editor David James titled '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.0335em;">Now's the time to step up and create a proper public park for the people of Cardiff</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">', </span><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/david-james-step-up-create-5840445" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">click here to read the article</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor Phil Bale, in a self financed trip, has met with PPL President, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.375px;">Rick Klingensmith, on friday 16th August at PPL's Headquarters building in Pennsylvania (PPL own WPD which is the electricity company that maintains the local electricity network in South Wales. Whatever supply company you use, some of the money you pay them gets passed on to WPD). </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">The meeting made front page news in the local paper there, 'The Morning Call'. Mr Klingensmith advised Councillor Bale that "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">WPD would be making a decision on the reservoir in the next few months". But after WPD were refused permission to build houses on the reservoir then PPL/WPD have only one reasonable option - respect democracy, refill the reservoir and return the site to its former condition.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">For the full story of Phil Bale's visit see the Echo report at www.walesonline.co.uk - </span><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/fight-save-llanishen-reservoir-makes-5755792" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">The American version of Councillor Bale's story appeared in the Morning Call newspaper </span><a href="http://articles.mcall.com/2013-08-19/business/mc-ppl-wales-reservior-20130818_1_cardiff-ppl-global-wales" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">. (For information the Morning Call has a circulation of over 90,000 compared to the Echo's 30,000).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Councillor Phil Bale has flown to the USA in an effort to try to meet with the owners of Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs and try to get them to refill Llanishen Reservoir. <a href="http://www.socrw.co.uk/newspaper-cuttings/2013-08-07-echo-phil-bale.htm" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for the full story which appeared in the Echo on the 7th August.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-870739381400117122013-07-16T00:34:00.000-07:002013-07-20T07:32:25.610-07:00Sign the Petition to Get WPD to Refill Llanishen Reservoir!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you use electricity then some of the money
you pay your electricity company will go to <b>Western Power Distribution (WPD)</b>.
Therefore you’d hope they’d respect the communities they serve. However with Llanishen
Reservoir now drained <b>WPD</b> have left the site in a right mess, showing no respect to their Cardiff 'customers':</span><br />
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environmental<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>scheme under their<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>banner called <b>'Keen to Be Green</b>'. Their website goes on to state: "Keen to Be Green is our environmental initiative. Its aim is to protect and enhance the communities served by us.' </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sign the petition now (</strong></span><a href="https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/get-wpd-to-refill-llanishen-reservoir" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>) and lets get WPD to clean up their mess and
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the <b>92 Participants,</b> including a large group from Rhydypenau Primary School who, in brilliant sunshine on the 6th July, took part in the 2013 event on the Gold (21 Miles), Silver (17 Miles), Bronze (12 Miles), Copper (6 Miles) & Zinc Routes (3 Miles). </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The politicians who came along to support the event:</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MP <b>JONATHAN EVANS</b> for Cardiff North (also took part in both the 2011 and 2012 walks);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor <strong>CRAIG WILLIAMS</strong>, (Pentyrch and Conservative p</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rospective parliamentary candidate for Cardiff North)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zinc Route:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BARONESS JENNY RANDERSON</b>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Member for Cardiff North <b>JULIE MORGAN</b> (also took part in the 2011 & 2012 walks);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Member for South Wales Central <b>ELUNED PARROTT</b> (also took part in the 2011 & 2012 walks);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor <b>PHIL BALE</b> (Llanishen) (also took part in the 2011 & 2012 walks);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former First Minister (2000 to 2009) <b>RHODRI MORGAN</b> (also took part in the 2012 walk);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Councillor <strong>ANDREW GRAHAM</strong> (Llanishen)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>MARI WILLIAMS</b>, (Labour p</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rospective parliamentary candidate for Cardiff North)</span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RICHARD BOSWORTH</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.richardbosworth.co.uk/index.htm" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Click Here for Website</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The costs to Cardiff Council of taking on a multi-national and save the fantastic reservoirs amenity has come to nearly £900,000, reports the Echo, <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/council-runs-up-massive-bill-4742451" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for the full story. There's an excellent letter published on the 3rd July in response to this story by Anne Gee, <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/you-saysouth-wales-echo-letters-4862213" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This throws into sharp relief the total failure of our planning laws. The
Council’s costs are from having to take o</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">n the four nearly identical planning
applications submitted by Western Power Distribution. Clearly there is
something very wrong with our planning laws when a multi-nat</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ional company can
take ownership of a well loved local beauty spot with the sole aim to destroy
it for financial gain and make the local community pay a substantial sum to
stop them. The owner of Western Power Distribution, the American company PPL
(formerly known as Pennsylvania Power and Light), made $1,495,000,000 in 2011
so its not like they need the money! If Cardiff Council had lost this case it
would have given the green light to the super wealthy massive corporations,
like WPD, to develop almost any land they wished, knowing local councils would
run scared of having to pay a heavy financial price to take them on. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is very wrong that a corporation like WPD/PPL can propose vitually identical planning applications and for each planning application a whole separate process is required which can involve some or all of the following stages: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">local people having to object; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then council officers and councillors having separate meetings to turn each one down and the application gets 'called in' by the Government Minister;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then there's a Planning Inquiry which finds against the developer; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then the developer goes to appeal which the council has to defend and the developer loses; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then the developer brings in the lawyers and takes the council/Government to the High Court! </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The planning laws must be changed so other communities don't go through the same long saga endured by those in North Cardiff and the democratic will of local communities is respected. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when the council's <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.375px;">cabinet member for strategic planning, Councillor Ralph Cook, says</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.375px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.375px;">“I think there are also many people in Cardiff that will think spending nearly a million pounds was not money well spent”, he would do better explaining to those people the importance of preventing reckless, irresponsible development and not de facto supporting the position of powerful multinationals.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-17931776693489851362013-07-01T06:32:00.000-07:002013-07-13T06:50:42.354-07:00UK Government Minister to Push WPD to Refill Llanishen Reservoir!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MP Oliver Letwin, the UK Government Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, visited Llanishen Reservoir and met RAG representatives on 1st July. The MP said it was a "striking and terrible thing" <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.375px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.375px;">that a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) could be left drained and in such a condition and called on </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.375px;">the reservouir owner, WPD, to restore the reservoir. For the full story <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/mp-push-uk-government-pressure-4820811" target="_blank">Click Here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phil took part in last year’s <strong>Save Our
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Last
summer Councillor Phil Bale succeeded in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the
highest mountain in Africa, where he raised a <strong>Reservoir Action Group</strong> poster at
the summit (for a brief few moments at least!). Phil’s climb raised hundreds of
pounds in sponsorship for our campaign to </span>protect another area of
outstanding beauty on this planet<span style="color: #333333;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Reservoir Action Group would like to thank the <strong>Search and Rescue Dogs Association (South Wales)</strong> for marshalling the Garth Mountain Checkpoint on this year's event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SARDA (South Wales) Mountain Rescue Search Dogs are a fantastic charity who specialise in searching for lost, injured or missing people in hostile terrain and extreme weather conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working with the Police, Mountain Rescue teams, and other emergency services, their search-dog teams cover large areas quicker and more effectively than human-only search teams. Missing people are found sooner and lives are saved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their handlers are all volunteers, who come from a variety of different backgrounds. All have day jobs, searching and training with SARDA South Wales is done in their spare time. Handlers and dogs are always ready to respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to calls in urban, rural or mountainous areas across South Wales and further afield.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-70798140653095770792013-06-15T01:48:00.000-07:002013-06-15T01:48:48.422-07:00Jonathan Evans, MP for Cardiff North, Will Again Be Walking the Copper Route<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jonathan Evans</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, Member of Parliament for Cardiff
North (Conservative), has taken part in the two previous 'Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk's and will again be walking the Copper Route with his wife
Margaret. Jonathan Evans continues to campaign in Parliament for the reservoir.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-79493368834265951582013-06-15T01:44:00.001-07:002013-06-15T01:44:36.905-07:00Baroness Randerson, Member of the House of Lords, Will Be Taking Part
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Baroness Jenny Randerson, member of the House of Lords, has supported the previous two SOCRW events and again plans
to take part this year. Baroness Randerson continues to campaign for the reservoirs in the Houe
of Lords.</span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-11809722894094321622013-06-15T01:25:00.002-07:002013-06-15T01:28:47.999-07:00Appeal Period Now Lapsed<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERZWm79p0w38dQLhovixt6WVxiWw3TpN8ekW52kUjd7pl4Dn66Gb8zeSMvQeDASol3fL67lFZWqDcfYxJDl7x0_vzzq95owUOYFk_bnpTaVdRE-JrbVk99dv8QoaX0anz7HG5j_yPfsI/s1600/06-echo-08062013-v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERZWm79p0w38dQLhovixt6WVxiWw3TpN8ekW52kUjd7pl4Dn66Gb8zeSMvQeDASol3fL67lFZWqDcfYxJDl7x0_vzzq95owUOYFk_bnpTaVdRE-JrbVk99dv8QoaX0anz7HG5j_yPfsI/s200/06-echo-08062013-v2.jpg" width="200" /></a> The period for WPD to lodge an appeal to the decision by the Welsh Government not to allow them to build on Llanishen Reservoir has now lapsed. It appears thet WPD now accept this decision which is good news! For the Echo story <a href="http://www.socrw.co.uk/01_echo3.htm" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Having stopped the development, the Reservoir Action Group's next task in the process is to look into ways of taking this area back into public ownership and protecting it. This will allow future generations to <span style="color: black;">once more enjoy sailing, fishing, bird watching and walking.</span> And by taking part in the third 'Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk' you will help in a big way towards that goal. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-43663653311074142142013-05-31T02:24:00.000-07:002013-06-02T02:31:17.300-07:00SSSI Status on Lisvane Reservoir Must Be Maintained<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>'Wildlife in Wales in Crisis'</strong> reports the Western Mail, to see the article </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wildlife-wales-crisis-according-groundbreaking-4004408" dir="ltr" href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wildlife-wales-crisis-according-groundbreaking-4004408" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wildlife-wales-crisis-according-groundbreaking-4004408"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click Here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Shows its critical that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all areas with SSSI status, like Lisvane Reservoir, <u>must</u> have</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this status maintained so</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wildlife numbers can recover</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-37314970416444613902013-05-31T01:53:00.001-07:002013-06-15T01:01:59.453-07:00WPD Sell Houses Bought to Build Access Road!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following WPD's historic loss at the planning appeal they have now sold three houses they bought about 10 years ago. When WPD bought the houses they immediately boarded them up and had planned to have them demolished to make way for an access road to the reservoir housing development. For the South Wales Echo report on this story see <a href="http://www.socrw.co.uk//01_echo2.htm" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-19575931008977807302013-05-25T08:54:00.005-07:002013-05-31T03:46:57.635-07:00Eluned Parrott, Assembly Member For South Wales Central, Will Be Taking Part For The Third Time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eluned Parrott, the Assembly Member for South Wales Central, will be supporting the event for the third time. Eluned last year completed the Zinc Route and continues to campaign for the reservoirs in the National Assembly for Wales</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-72588197060228134402013-04-26T01:58:00.000-07:002014-05-26T13:46:43.409-07:00WOW, WE SAVED IT!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">On
25th April we heard the fantastic news </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">from
the Welsh Government that the American utility company, <b>Western Power Distribution</b> (<b>WPD</b>), who own the reservoirs, had lost their last planning appeal. This should mean the reservoirs are now saved for future
generations to enjoy sailing, fishing and walking again.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22292336" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to read the Echo article.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>8th June Update</b>: <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">WPD
had until the 8th June to appeal but, further good news, they're not going to - <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/no-appeal-against-welsh-government-4208832#.UbLqe2GW6ew.twitte" target="_blank">Click Here for the news story.</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore
the campaign now moves into a new phase which is to restore the reservoirs as a
public amenity. So the campaign and fundraising willl continue and the <b>Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk</b> will still happen! And if we hear that
WPD now wish to work constructively towards restoring the reservoirs to their
former glory then any funds raised from the walks will be given to that
purpose.</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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Its taken a while to get the Planning Inspector's decision but worth the wait - Western Power Distribution/The Philadelphia Power & Light Corporation have lost their planning appeal! This is great news for the whole of Cardiff. It means we keep the reservoir amenity - sailing, fishing and walking at the reservoir can be enjoyed by future generations.<br />
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It shows that a multinational which makes billions of pounds of profits don't always win. Sometimes the democratic process does work!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-17011514568915887522013-04-12T00:31:00.001-07:002013-04-12T00:31:56.542-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Chris Lewis (Event Coordinator for the <strong>Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk</strong>) hands over the cheque of £720, the money raised at the event, to Andrew Hill, Chair of the <strong>Reservoir Action Group</strong>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-28739792474327248812012-07-27T00:20:00.001-07:002013-04-12T00:25:05.925-07:00THANK YOU!<div style="font-family: sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A BIG <b>!!!!THANK
YOU!!!!</b> FROM ALL AT THE <b>RESERVOIR ACTION GROUP</b> TO:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Walkers:</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the <b>103 Walkers,</b>
including a large group from Rhydypenau Primary School, who braved the atrocious weather conditions on the 7th July and took part in the
2012 event on the Gold (21 Miles), Silver (17 Miles), Bronze (12 Miles), Copper
(6 Miles) & Zinc Routes (3 Miles); With sponsorship a fantatstic <b>£720</b> was raised!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold Route:</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor <b>JULIA
MAGILL</b> (Llanishen);</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bronze Route:</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Member <b>JENNY
RATHBONE</b> - for Cardiff Central (also took part in the 2011 walk);</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zinc Route:</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MP <b>JONATHAN EVANS</b>
for Cardiff North (also took part in the 2011 walk); </span></li>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Member for Cardiff North <b>JULIE MORGAN</b> (also took part in the 2011 walk);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Member for South Wales Central <b>ELUNED PARROTT</b> (also took part in the 2011 walk);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor <b>PHIL BALE</b> (Llanishen);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former First Minister (2000 to 2009) <b>RHODRI MORGAN</b>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BARONESS JENNY RANDERSON</b>; </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helping Out On The Day:</span></div>
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<li style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Councillor <b>KATHRYN LLOYD
MBE</b> (Cyncoed) helped marshall the event (and supplied some delicious bara
brith for the returning walkers!).</span></li>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-16979096996838482542012-06-25T00:05:00.003-07:002012-06-25T00:05:23.048-07:00Rhodri Morgan, Former First Minster (2000 – 2009), Will Be Taking Part<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIjtYCIe9Psk-J2vw_DxPYGkTQUyfFR55EQRwfZSEBLsCKNOe1terPQ9RLgjN9cGa_0hKglYfOkXODvAZ6VpLXfNcNGapWefLlraVbd6EqCcCooarsrwUIzRqzqdi1KZpgsUzlU0aVfY/s1600/Rhodri_Morgan_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIjtYCIe9Psk-J2vw_DxPYGkTQUyfFR55EQRwfZSEBLsCKNOe1terPQ9RLgjN9cGa_0hKglYfOkXODvAZ6VpLXfNcNGapWefLlraVbd6EqCcCooarsrwUIzRqzqdi1KZpgsUzlU0aVfY/s1600/Rhodri_Morgan_photo.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rhodri Morgan, Former First Minster between 2000 and 2009, plans to take
part this year in support of the Reservoir Action Group.</span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-91816987689192273952012-06-09T02:36:00.000-07:002012-06-09T02:39:10.753-07:00Coverage of the Event in South Wales Echo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">On 14th May the South Wales Echo did a very good report on the RAG campaign and the Save Our Cardiff Reservoir Walk. To read the report in full <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2012/05/14/llanishen-reservoir-action-group-to-replenish-fighting-fund-with-series-of-walks-91466-30951075/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922893235146261277.post-55668090062702969262012-05-31T13:08:00.000-07:002013-06-25T13:47:37.400-07:00Councillor Phil Bale (Who Climbed Africa's Highest Mountain Kilimanjaro To Raise Funds for RAG) Will Be Taking Part<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Last summer Councillor Phil Bale succeeded
in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro where he raised a Reservoir Action Group poster
at the summit (for a brief few moments at least!). Phil’s climb raised hundreds
of pounds in sponsorship for our campaign to </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">protect another
area of outstanding beauty on this planet</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. It was a
great personal achievement that once again shows the strength of feeling
against Western Power Distribution’s plans for the reservoir site.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sign behind Phil reads: “Uhuru Peak, Tanzania, 5895m; Africa’s Highest Point; World’s
Highest Free-Standing Mountain; One of the World’s Largest Volcanoes; Welcome”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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