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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Oxford Street will be pedestrianised as soon as possible, says London mayor

An artist's impression of how the padestrianisation will look
Sadiq Khan said two-thirds of respondents backed the proposals to padestrianise Oxford Street. Photograph: Mayor of London/PA

Sadiq Khan has said he will pedestrianise Oxford Street “as quickly as possible”, after two in three respondents to a public consultation backed plans to ban traffic from London’s central shopping area.

The mayor’s office said there was “overwhelming public and business support” for the proposals to regenerate the street, whose lustre is slowly returning as department stores muscle back among the sweet and souvenir shops of dubious repute.

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