Editing Marble Arch (section)

==Park Lane widening==
[[File:Still Water Marble Arch 2020 (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[Nic Fiddian-Green]]'s ''[[Still Water (sculpture)|Still Water]]'', with Marble Arch in the background]] 
Park Lane was widened as part of the Park Lane Improvement Scheme of the London County Council, and the Marble Arch became stranded on a traffic island. The scheme required an act of Parliament – the [[Park Lane Improvement Act 1958]] ([[6 & 7 Eliz. 2]]. c. 63) – and during the passage of this act the possibility of providing an underpass instead of a roundabout was dismissed due to excessive cost and the need to demolish buildings on Edgware Road.<ref>{{hansard|1958/jun/17/park-lane-improvement-bill |house=lords |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> As part of the scheme, gardens were laid out around the arch on the traffic island.<ref>[https://londongardenstrust.org/conservation/inventory/site-record/?ID=WST061 Marble Arch], London Gardens Trust. Accessed: 13 August 2021.</ref> The works took place between 1960 and 1964.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Denis |title=London and the Thames Valley |location=London |publisher=Institution of Civil Engineers / Thomas Telford |year=2001 |isbn=9780727728760 }}</ref>

''[[Still Water (sculpture)|Still Water]]'', a large bronze sculpture of a horse's head by [[Nic Fiddian-Green]], was unveiled on the same traffic island a short distance from the arch in 2011.

In 2005 it was speculated that the arch might be moved across the street to Hyde Park, or to a more accessible location than its position on what was then a large traffic island.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4303919.stm |title=Marooned Marble Arch may be moved |work=BBC News |date=28 February 2005 |access-date=21 September 2011}}</ref>