Updated: 9:02 AM January 20, 2021 Protesters in Roman Road in the summer signing a petition against the council's street barrier scheme - Credit: Mike Brooke The controversial programme of street closures under way across the East End is being challenged at Tower Hamlets Council tonight (Jan 20) as “racist discrimination” that’s dividing communities. Barriers have been erected during the lockdown aimed at banishing traffic permanently from parts of Shoreditch around Arnold Circus, from Bethnal Green by Columbia Road flower market and from Bow around Roman Road Market. No cars... how Tower Hamlets Council envisages the Roman Road - Credit: LBTH