In the mid 90's a bypass was built around the scenic English town of Newbury, requiring the bulldozing of a significant amount of farmland & mature woodland. This lead to England's largest road protest, commemorated by this song.
After a massive security operation the road was completed in 1998.
According to Wikipedia -
Analysis since the construction of the bypass has shown that instead of the predicted 47% reduction in road deaths due to the new road, there was a 67% increase (from 6 to 10) in the five years after it opened.....The same report concluded that the levels of traffic on the old road had not fallen as much as might have been expected, possibly because of traffic being able to use it for other reasons.
There are now proposals to widen a section of the A34 to three lanes all the way up to the intersection with the M4 motorway at Chievely
According to Wikipedia -
Analysis since the construction of the bypass has shown that instead of the predicted 47% reduction in road deaths due to the new road, there was a 67% increase (from 6 to 10) in the five years after it opened.....The same report concluded that the levels of traffic on the old road had not fallen as much as might have been expected, possibly because of traffic being able to use it for other reasons.
There are now proposals to widen a section of the A34 to three lanes all the way up to the intersection with the M4 motorway at Chievely
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