A Road to Ruin
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A Road to Ruin (2001)
The Newbury bypass, officially known as 'The Winchester-Preston Trunk
Road (A34) (Newbury Bypass)', is a 9 mile stretch of dual carriageway
road which bypasses the town of Newbury in Berkshire, England. It is
located to the west of the town and forms part of the A34 road.
From
the beginning of January to the end of March 1996 the clearance of
approximately 360 acres of land, including 120 acres of woodland, to
make way for the building of the road led to some of the largest
anti-road protests in European history, with around 7000 people having
directly demonstrated on the site of the bypass route in some way and
over 800 arrests being made. The cost of policing the protest, known as
'Operation Prospect' and run jointly by Thames Valley Police and
Hampshire Constabulary, was approximately
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