Sentence examples for blocking construction of the from inspiring English sources

So, somehow, the Fresh Kills legislation included a provision blocking construction of the Brooklyn incinerator.

I thought about the last time I tried to protest about something environmental, when a student friend took me to the sacred woodlands to join the tree-people who were blocking construction of the Newbury bypass in 1996.

In Canada, in the wake of the US rejection of Keystone XL and the Government of Alberta's commitment to set a permanent cap on carbon emissions from tar sands producers in the lead up to Paris, the newly elected Liberal Government banned tanker traffic off the Northern Coast of British Columbia, effectively blocking construction of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.

Community residents tried to block construction of the 46-story Trump SoHo, claiming it would tower over everything around it.

Because it is so close to the water, the site could be susceptible to flooding, so state officials, citing that risk, blocked construction of the $27 million school this summer.

Mayor Lonegan said he asked Teaneck officials to join in a suit to block construction of the second track but they declined.

In August construction equipment at the site was set alight.So perhaps it should not have come as a surprise that three Rutherford County residents filed a lawsuit in September to block construction of the mosque.

The 63-year-old Native American was one of hundreds of activists gathered to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on Thursday, when police with tanks and riot gear surrounded them and began making mass arrests.

In April, Mamaroneck officials tried to block construction of the store by enacting a law that the town's approval was required for any large development projects in its neighboring areas of New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Harrison and Rye.

Onaga, who was elected in December 2014 vowing to stop the Futenma move, recently agreed to resume talks with Tokyo, bringing a temporary halt to legal attempts to block construction of the new base.

Mr. Hoving started a taxpayer's suit, in Tiffany's name, to block construction of the Huntington Hartford sidewalk cafe in Central Park, only to have it called off by Genesco, bub then he took over the suit personally.