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The Winchester bypass borders the city and St Catherine's Hill. A new extension of motorway was planned to be built on the other side of the hill. This road would pass through an area called the Twyford Down, home to many insects and the Chalkhill Blue butterfly which visited every year. People got together and protested by writing to their MPs - even school children got involved. People in favour of the new road thought it would reduce traffic jams, reduce the number of accidents on the existing roads and ensure the swift delivery of goods. Others felt there was a risk of wiping out species, increasing noise from traffic, exposing ugly chalk wedges which would be seen for miles and encouraging even more traffic. Eventually the road was built but before work started some of the earth was moved from one side of the road to the other.