The incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve system.

BBC: Federal Reserve

Campaigners, including Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and Transport 2000, claimed the route will cut through the legally protected countryside and affect the ancient woodland and a nature reserve.

BBC: Relief road land buying approved

Earlier this week, lawmakers voted by a veto-proof majority to stop filling the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an action President Bush says will have no meaningful affect on prices.

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