London 2012 blog

Recently, a team of us from London 2012 took the train down to (very sunny) Weymouth for a two-day workshop with representatives from the local authorities to help plan the transport operations and spectator viewing arrangements for the Sailing events for the 2012 Games.

We spent one day in meetings with Dorset County Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council discussing the options for how best to accommodate the numbers of spectators that are anticipated to attend the events and what transport arrangements will be necessary to get everyone there and back safely.

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As we sat at 30,000 feet on our flight home from Beijing, Hugh, Paul and I reflected on a fascinating trip and all we learned from those preparing for the 2008 Games.

It was an action-packed five-day trip. Thirty minutes after arriving at our hotel on Saturday afternoon, we were whisked off to the Olympic Green to see the now-famous 'Bird’s Nest' Olympic Stadium (as picture below) and aquatics centre.

Both venues are truly impressive; the Olympic stadium with its inspiring and yet intricate structure and the aquatics centre, clad in lighting panels which will project fabulous images at Games time.

We were in Beijing to build relationships with the wide range of organisations involved in providing transport for the 2008 Games and gather information and guidance from those tackling the very same transport challenge as us – the biggest logistics exercise in peace time.

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