Sadiq Khan was on Tuesday facing a “red on red” battle with Westminster council after the Government promised him new powers to force through the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.
The Labour mayor wants to reboot plans that would make the “nation’s most famous high street” traffic-free, starting with the stretch between Oxford Circus and Selfridges.
His vision is for a “traffic-free pedestrianised avenue” to compete with Times Square in New York, the Champs-Elysees in Paris and Las Ramblas in Barcelona, and for Oxford Street to become the “leading retail destination in the world”.
A £43m scheme had to be abandoned in 2018 after the then Tory-led council withdrew support due to opposition from residents, who feared surrounding streets being gridlocked with diverted buses, taxis and delivery vehicles.
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