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Massive error over Westgate
I think Oxford City Council has just made a massive misjudgment, focusing the city centre on commerce rather than strengthening the history that it is famous for.
People don't whisper 'shopping' when they think of Oxford, the image that is conjured in the mind is of the sleepy spires and epic architecture, the independent shops and the Covered Market.
To claim that the centre is in need of regeneration is laughable at best, to claim that affordable housing will be built on the site hilarious.
The councillors that have approved this Westgate redevelopment have just subjected Oxford to years more of dangerous pollution levels and handed over a section of public land to be privately controlled.
Claiming that we'll soon be on a par with Milton Keynes as a good thing chills me to the bone.
Believing for a single moment that our transport network can compare to the M1 isn't just misguided, it's stupidity in its rawest form.
ALEX MOOR, Nuffield Road, Oxford
5:09pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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