Claim: A UK council will place electronic gates on key roads in a city, confining residents to their neighbourhoods as part of a climate lockdown.
Fact-check: Misinformation drives viral posts on Oxford traffic plan
Verdict: false. the traffic mitigation plan will use number plate recognition cameras on certain congested streets to promote alternative forms of transport. there will be no physical barriers and nobody will be stopped from leaving their neighbourhood.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Nik Dirga
Date published: 2022-12-19T00:00:00