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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Oxford Street pedestrianisation is going ahead after 'North Korean' levels of support, says Sadiq Khan

Sir Sadiq Khan is to press ahead with the part-pedestrianisation of Oxford Street after joking that he had secured ‘North Korean’ levels of support from Londoners.

The changes will involve more of the road being closed to traffic than first thought - the eastern section between Oxford Circus and Great Portland Street, in front of the new Ikea store, in addition to the western section between Oxford Circus and the western edge of Selfridges.

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