
So, Sadiq Khan isn’t just going ahead with his pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, he’s extending it. He’s declared that “it's clear that the vast majority of Londoners and major businesses back our exciting plans, so I'm pleased to confirm that we will now be moving ahead as quickly as possible”.
I’m not being funny, but I feel like this whole thing is a bit of a farce. In theory, it could be something to get excited about but there’s so many reasons why it runs the risk of just being another failed project that the taxpayer is going to pick up the bill for.