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    Work starts on Canoe venue as latest milestones are delivered

    Work starts on Canoe venue as latest milestones are delivered

    03 Jul 2009
    Construction has started on the White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne where the Canoe Slalom events will take place during the London 2012 Games.

    An aerial view of the site for the White Water Canoe Centre at Broxbourne

    The start of work at Broxbourne means the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has now delivered all of the 10 milestones it set out last summer. A document has today been published by the ODA – ‘big build: foundations delivered’ showing progress.

    ODA Chairman John Armitt said: ‘Completing all of our milestones over the past year is a significant achievement and the start of work at Broxbourne shows we are hitting our targets not just on the Olympic Park but across the London 2012 project. We are making good progress but there will continue to be tough challenges ahead and we are not complacent.’

    Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee, said: ‘This is an important stage in the delivery of a facility that will provide a world-class venue for Games-time and an excellent facility for elite athlete and community usage after the Games, living up to our promise of leaving a lasting legacy for sport.’

    The new facilities at Broxbourne will include a 300m course, warm-up course and finish lake.

    The course will be part of a wider parkland area. Path and bridge networks throughout the venue will help spectators get close to the action. After the Games the venue will be a major sporting and leisure attraction.

    The venue will also include a reception, café, changing rooms, shop, offices, spectator viewing area and equipment storage.

    Download ‘the big build: foundations delivered’ publication

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