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    Jul 07, 2021 3 minutes

    Paving the way

    WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL and the Crown estate have announced plans to ban vehicle traffic around Oxford Circus, W1. A design competition, hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architects, will deliver the final schemes by the end of this summer. Plans are expected to include a 150-yard pedestrianised zone on either side of the Oxford Street junction, with new planting and seating areas. Elsewhere, an Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) will see buses and taxis banned between

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