The focus of the London 2012 Games will be the Olympic Park in east London, which will house the new sport venues.

The Olympic Park is located in the Lower Lea Valley - an area of great untapped potential.

After the Games the area will be transformed into the largest urban park created in Europe for more than 150 years.

Building work began three months early with the start of construction of the Olympic Stadium in May 2008.

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Milestones to 27 July 2009

1 Almost all of the Olympic Park will have been cleared and cleaned. The overhead pylons will have been removed and the erection of the new perimeter security fence will be underway.

2 Seven bridges will be structurally complete, 10 further bridges and underpasses will be under construction and the building of the permanent roads will have started. The refurbishment of the waterways in the Olympic Park will be complete.

3 The new primary substation at Kings Yard will be substantially complete, with the new equipment also in place to transmit permanent power to the Olympic Park from the wider national network. The construction of the new Energy Centre will be well underway.

4 The foundations of the Olympic Stadium will be complete. Work on the upper seating structure and roof will be underway.

5 The foundations of the Aquatics Centre will have been competed with work on the building’s structure well underway.

6 Work will have started on the foundations of the Velodrome and International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre.

7 Contracts will have been let, designs agreed and work will be about to start on the Handball Arena. The design of the Basketball Arena will have been agreed, and the process of appointing construction contractors will be underway.

8 Building work will be underway on the majority of the Olympic Village plots.

9 Significant progress will have been made on the transport projects that are increasing capacity to support the Games. Of the 25 underway, 13 will be nearing completion.

10 Outside of London the ODA works at Weymouth and Portland will have been completed and ready for use. Construction work will have also started on the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre.

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