There's a real live eviction going on just about now about 500 km to the east
Http://www.direkte-aktie.net/cms/groenfront.php?itemid=301
and
Http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2006/01/33394.shtml

The people of Newbury wanted the by pass though to take heavy road traffic out of their historic town. The main road through Newbury was far too narrow for the huge volume of traffic passing through it.

A report by W S Atkins, commissioned by West Berkshire council, has revealed the huge amount of traffic growth in Newbury, caused by the Newbury Bypass. In the first in depth study into the impacts of the controversial road, it backs up what everyone in Newbury knows and what campaigners predicted 10 years ago - that Newbury is still grid locked at rush hours, and the road has generated huge amounts of traffic.

Since the bypass opened in 1998 and up to 2003, traffic nationally has grown by around 5%. However in Newbury on the old road, and the new bypass, traffic growth of 50% has been experienced. Congestion at the rush hour is even worse than the pre-bypass days. Public transport usage is very low in Newbury, and it remains a heavily car dependent town.

The Conservative MP, Richard Benyon, is apparently now calling for a 3rd bypass of the town, to the East, as the bypass has failed already within years of opening.

Please see  http://www.roadblock.org.uk/press_releases/2006-01-09.htm for a press release and full set of links for the W S Atkins report and original traffic projections.

Please read the Atkins report here:
 http://www.westberks.gov.uk/WestBerkshire/transport.nsf/pages/NewburyM114721.html

For more information about the reality of the by-pass:

 http://www.roadblock.org.uk/press_releases/2006-01-09.htm

 http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/10_years_on_newbury_bypass_09012006.html

Some people in Newbury wanted the 'bypass', others didn't. Heavy road traffic through the town was temporarily relieved by the new road, then filled up again, helped by all the infill development that always happens next to new roads. Also, as the government's SACTRA report stated, building new roads leads to more traffic and journeys, and therefore need for more new roads, etc etc, until we doom ourselves. So your sceptical comments are a red herring, no surprise there. If you want to see how there's now more traffic rather than just keep your head in the sand, read  http://www.roadblock.org.uk/press_releases/2006-01-09.htm