London 2012 blog

Engaging with your critics is sometimes a difficult thing to do. As a former resident of the Clays Lane estate who had been 'decanted' or, as I prefer to say, evicted to make way for the Olympics I had been emailing the ODA and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for some time with questions about the Eastway Cycle Track, a large area of open space next to my former home where I used to enjoy walking but which is contaminated with industrial pollutants and even some radioactive material and is now being remediated prior to construction of sports facilities.

I can't say I had been entirely happy with the responses. The ODA invited me to meet Lawrence Waterman, in charge of health and safety for the ODA, Richard Jackson, the ODA's environment manager and Giorgia Sharpe, community relations manager to discuss my concerns.

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