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Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street scrapped

Plans to pedestrianise the West section of Oxford Street have been scrapped after Westminster City Council withdrew its support, a move that London Mayor, Sadiq Khan has called a “betrayal” to Londoners. Khan, who had been a vocal supporter of Oxford Street being traffic-free from Selfridges to Oxford Circus, took to his Twitter and said: “This...

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Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street receives “widespread support”

Two in three people support the plans to create a new traffic-free pedestrianise Oxford Street in Central London, according to the results of the proposals public consultation. More than 22,000 people responded to the online consultation, which ran from November 6, 2017 to January 3, 2018, with 64 percent expressing support in “some form” with...