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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 £2.55 million. In addition to this, the cost of hiring private security guards to protect the contractors clearing the land was approximately £1.5 million.
The protest was popularly known as the Third Battle of Newbury, a name which was also adopted by one of the main protest groups. The name was chosen in reference to the Civil War battles that took place close to the town in 1643 and 1644.
This 20-minute film was edited from 8 hours of video shot during the eviction of the 33 camps in early 1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbury_bypass
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