SB wrote:
You might have missed the FOUR page announcement (in small type) in the
Evening Standard of the compulsory access (and destruction) by Thames
Water (owned by the Chinese Communist Government - don't ask) for the
super-sewer to run from Chelsea to the Mouth.

"Thames Water was acquired by Kemble Water Limited on 1 December 2006.
Kemble Water Limited is 100 per cent owned by Kemble Water Holdings
Limited.
The investors in Kemble Water Holdings Limited are pension funds and other
long-term institutional investors. They include Macquarie European
Infrastructure Fund 2 (MEIF2), pension funds and institutions from the UK
and Europe, Canada, Australia, the Middle East and China.

MEIF2 invests largely on behalf of pension funds from the United Kingdom
and other countries around the world. Theirs is patient capital, well
suited to the long-term investment needs of infrastructure businesses like
Thames Water.
MEIF2 is managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe)
Limited; a member of the Macquarie Group, and a leading global investor and
manager of infrastructure businesses. Macquarie aims to be a good
custodian, sustainably developing important public infrastructure assets
for the long term."

From http://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/7565.htm

Despite continued protestations from the Mayor of London, Thames Water is
arrogantly going ahead with this scheme with the minimum of public
consultation that they think that they can get away with.

Yes, it's been a mere 13 years since this project was first instigated:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Tideway_Scheme