The launch of London 2012’s Accessible Transport Strategy will be the catalyst for change for accessible transport for national rail, taxis, waterborne transport, Community Transport, Stratford Regional Station and coaches
A key logistics contract has been won by Aggregate Industries UK Ltd due to its emphasis on recycled content and aim to deliver 99 per cent of materials by sustainable transport methods, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced.
IOC press release:The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission for the London 2012 Games today delivered a positive endorsement of the work being carried out by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) and its partners. Led by its Chairman Denis Oswald, the Commission had spent the previous three days visiting some of the 2012 venues and hearing updates from LOCOG, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and the other organisations involved in preparing for the Games.
Local residents are being encouraged to attend an Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) local consultation event and drop-in sessions to find out more about the plans for the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC) for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games today welcomed the IOC Coordination Commission to London. There were opening remarks from the IOC, London 2012 Chair Sebastian Coe, London 2012 CEO Paul Deighton, Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The prevailing theme focused on the importance of sport, elite sport and sport participation.
A cobbled street over 150 years old unearthed by archaeologists investigating the site of a 12th century Knights Templar mill on the edge of the London 2012 VeloPark site is to be reused in the Olympic Park design.
The contract to construct enhanced Rowing and Canoe/Kayak flatwater facilities for the London 2012 Games was put out to tender by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today.
Work to create a brand new electrical infrastructure beneath the Olympic Park hit a major milestone today as the cabling phase of work was completed in the powerlines tunnels beneath the Park.
Nearly all (98%) of the 2.5 kilometre squared Olympic Park has now been investigated for contamination with findings in-line with expectations, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and preferred developers Lend Lease are on track to start construction of the Olympic Village this summer, the latest images of the site published today show.
Construction work has started on the first venue outside of the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games with work now underway to enhance the sailing facilities at Weymouth and Portland.
Rob Andrews has been appointed as the London 2012 Organising Committee’s Sport Competition Manager for Sailing for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
According to a recent survey, 93 per cent of the UK public see Paralympic athletes as good role models for young people. 69 per cent of those polled say that there should be more media coverage of Paralympic sport.
