in 1980, the sewage sumps in the camp were abandoned when it was connected to the schneverdingen sewer system. two years later, in 1982, reinsehlen camp also started to receive its water supply from the town. there was some controversy when — following terrorist attacks in northern ireland — the british suddenly closed a civilian road that passed through the northern end of the camp. massive protests by locals caused a speedy reversal of that decision, however. in the 1980s, british forces constructed a large facility for cleaning tanks after exercises and a concrete road that connected it to the loading station at a total cost of 1.5 million dm.