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Westminster City Council’s Oxford Street Programme is continuing highways works on Mortimer Street between the junction of Langham Place / Regent Street to the junction of Great Titchfield Street.
The key elements of the scheme include:
Works
The works will implement a road closure on Mortimer Street, between Great Portland Street and Great Titchfield Street starting 15 July and continue through October 2024. The purpose of this closure is to facilitate the following works:
Construction will take place during the hours of 08:00 – 18:00, Monday – Friday, and on Saturdays from 08:00 – midday (when necessary).
Access
Please note that pedestrian access around the work area and to all properties will be maintained during the works; however, due to the closure, vehicle access will be impacted on Mortimer Street on the section between Great Portland Street and Great Titchfield Street.
Works on Mortimer Street started on 4th March, which will extend from Regent Street to Great Titchfield Street in the east. All works are expected to be completed in early 2025. Read more about the works here.
Construction will take place during the hours of 08:00 – 18:00, Monday – Friday, and 08:00 – midday on Saturdays (when necessary).
Various local traffic lane restrictions and closures / diversions will be required for the duration of the project to facilitate the new traffic signal infrastructure and associated utility diversionary works.
The Murphy Careys Joint Venture (MCJV) is undertaking these works on behalf of Westminster City Council. Should you require further information on the works taking place or the traffic and parking changes, you can contact the team via email at stakeholderteam@murphycareyjv.co.uk.
Engagement and consultation information for the Oxford Street Programme are housed on Westminster City Council’s Consultation Hub Commonplace page. There you can access Westminster City Council’s active, past and upcoming engagements.
We are committed to putting local people at the heart of decision-making. Through the hub you can comment on consultations and feed into decision-making on topics that interest you.
The following consultations will be open through 16th August on Commonplace.
At Balderton Street, the OSP team proposes to change traffic flow to one-way, southbound only between North Row and Brown Hart Gardens.
The proposal is part of the Oxford Street scheme which aims to enhance the public realm along the street while improving safety, accessibility and comfort for all. This traffic change will have no impact on the number of parking bays in the area, but restrict access to some bays to southbound moving vehicles only. Overall, the scheme will have very limited impact on through traffic, although it does aim to reduce confusion on Balderton Street which currently provides a constrained cul-de-sac for northbound vehicles to turn around as North Row is already a one-way street.
The Oxford Street Programme is seeking your feedback on the proposed changes to Great Titchfield Street aimed to enhance and improve the pedestrian experience on the street.
The proposed changes, developed in collaboration with FitzWest Neighbourhood Forum, include the installation of bollards across the carriageway just south of the Foley Street/ Langham Street junction, stopping access for vehicles while allowing access for cycles. and the conversion of the section of the street between the Foley Street/ Langham Street junction to Riding House Street to two-way traffic.
Hanway Place / Rathbone Street / Rathbone Place
In collaboration with Camden Council, the Oxford Street Programme team proposes traffic changes to Rathbone Street, Rathbone Place, Hanway Street and Hanway Place that will enable traffic and public realm improvements to Oxford Street.
The proposal includes:
• Reverse motor traffic to northbound only on Rathbone Place,
• Reverse motor traffic to southbound only on Rathbone Street,
• Maintain permissions for cycling in both directions on both Rathbone Place and Rathbone Street,
• Extend restrictions on vehicle access from Oxford Street onto Hanway Street,
• Reverse traffic flow on Hanway Place to maintain 24/7 vehicle access to this street and Hanway Street.
In Summer 2023, the Programme consulted on five of its schemes – public realm schemes for Oxford Street and Oxford Circus, along with highway schemes Marylebone / Fitzrovia, Oxford Street West and Eastcastle Street. The consultation aimed to gauge support for scheme proposals and solicit ideas and feedback on design proposals from local community members, wider stakeholders and other interested parties.
Through the six-week consultation period, OSP received 1612 questionnaire responses, 27 direct emails of written feedback, over 180 attendees of in person presentations, over 500 people engaged at three separate markets across the borough, 12,800 postcards delivered to local residences and 20,755 views of the programme website.
All feedback gathered in response from stakeholders and the community has been and will continue to be a guiding influence behind the programme’s design, execution, and maintenance. As part of the Fairer Westminster strategy, the following document shares how the Programme has considered and, in many cases, integrated public input received through consultation, into the latter design stages for the highway schemes and the Oxford Street Stage 2 design process. Read the Report and supporting documents at the links below.
Appendix E, Appendix F, Appendix G, Appendix H, & Appendix I
An Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) was undertaken as part of the scheme. The EqIA is a process designed to ensure that a policy, project, or scheme does not unlawfully discriminate against any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010. The EqIA is considered as a ‘live’ document, meaning that it has been updated at different stages of the scheme lifecycle. Read the Assessment here.
In September 2023, Westminster City Council Cabinet approved a full business case for the Oxford Street and Oxford Circus projects. View the Business Case and the Appendices.
In Summer 2023, we asked all willing to respond – to what extent do you support or oppose the proposed Oxford Street Programme? The questionnaire proceeded to gauge support for its individual schemes, ask questions about specific aspects of each proposal including ones that aimed to gauge which issues might be more important to respondents and gave respondents the opportunity to write in any remaining thoughts. Here, we outline some of the elements that you asked for, and how we’ve updated the Programme in response.
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