The City of London has approved planning proposals to transform London’s largest public square
The public realm between the old Museum of London site and St. Paul’s Underground station will make way for a new public space larger than Aldgate Square.
2,500 people expressed majority support for new public space on King Edward Street, as well as measures to improve the environment for people walking and cycling.
The proposals take London’s wider planning objectives into consideration, which include:
- Reducing road danger and traffic collisions towards the ‘Vision Zero’ target
- Improving air quality by reducing NO2 levels
- Creating new public spaces and improving existing public realm
- Minimising the impact on the wider highway traffic network, including bus journeys and emergency response times.
City of London corporation planning and transport Committee chairman, Shravan Joshi, said: “As footfall across Central London continues to rise, the overall work programme at St Paul’s Gyratory will make it a safer, more pleasant environment for everyone to travel through. It means we can enhance this public space in line with our Destination City policy to make the Square Mile a desirable, safe and inclusive visitor destination.”
