00:00The Mayor of London says he has instructed his team to work at pace to ban traffic from Oxford Street
00:06as quickly as possible.
00:07The Central London Shopping Street will be pedestrianised from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street, under plans approved last week.
00:16Sir Sadiq Khan said work to create a traffic-free zone could start straight away, with the aim of completing
00:23the scheme by the end of the summer.
00:25Westminster City Council's Conservatives accused the Mayor of pressing on regardless with the plans, despite strong opposition.
00:34The scheme was approved only after Sir Sadiq obtained government permission to assume planning powers, following the Council's rejection of
00:43the proposals.
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