https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58197626
Quote:
The deputy leader of a London council responsible for the ballooning costs of the Marble Arch Mound has resigned.
Melvyn Caplan stepped down immediately after total costs nearly doubled to £6m, up from a forecast of £3.3m.
Ticketholders were offered refunds for the artificial viewing platform which temporarily closed within two days of opening on 26 July.
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Complete idiocy.
They wanted to get more people to Oxford Street whose stores are struggling due to the general decline in in-person shopping and because the more attractive Regent Street is taking all the top-end retail stores.
Oxford Street is full of traffic and crappy (and rather suspicious) American Candy Stores.
For as long as I can remember people have been pleading for Oxford Street to be pedestrianised. Make into a massive street where you can have plants, tables outside for cafes and pubs, and lots of room for people to shop rather than being crammed into crowded pavements next to vehicles. People hate Oxford Street because there is no room to move and lots of traffic.
So what do they do? Build a massive pointless hill at the end of it at a cost of £6 million. Idiots.