In some cases, residents have blocked new installations that would have brought jobs to their area.

Local residents blocked access to the site in 1976, with renewed protests in 1978 and 1979.

Local sentiment was so strong that in 1920 residents blocked the roads and declared independence.

A year later, angry residents blocked the major northbound highway to demand basic services.

The residents had long blocked the theaters.

In addition, residents in the Westwood development blocked the proposed road.

Local residents blocked plans in the 1960s for further expansion of the refinery, limiting the operations that could be carried out there.

But this fall nearby residents blocked their efforts because of fears that the restoration would eliminate woodlands.

Important issues, such as acceptance of new members, are subjected to a vote in which any resident may block.

He tried to operate it as a car park but local residents blocked the gates.