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Immediate Release 5th August 1996
PRESS RELEASE
Newbury Bypass work to restart
Work on the construction phase of the Newbury Bypass is expected to commence in the next twenty four hours[1]. Large numbers of security guards, employed by Pinkertons[2] have been drafted into the area and are on standing-by.
Work is expected to centre on the erection of razor sharp security fencing and the establishment of a compound for plant and machinery on route. While John Chapman, Chief engineer of Mott McDonald[3] prepares how to seize and hold the land on the bypass route, campaigners and protestors are similarly preparing their plans to prevent the capture of the land and it's violation.
A spokesman for the Third Battle of Newbury, the main group campaigning against the bypass, said