Work has been completed on the steel structure of the London 2012 Velodrome, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today, keeping it on track to be the first venue to be completed in the Olympic Park in early 2011.
Work is already underway to create around 250 acres of parklands, on former industrial land, that will provide a colourful and festival atmosphere for London 2012 and afterwards become the largest new urban park in the UK for more than 100 years.
A major new personal development programme launched today which will, with guidance from BP employees, give young people from across the UK the chance to make a positive and significant change to their lives and local communities. The selected young leaders will then also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Welsh businesses have won both direct and supply chain contracts to help build the venues and infrastructure on the Olympic Park worth millions of pounds.
The Rowing and Canoe Sprint events during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place at the Eton College Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake near Windsor. Set in a 450-acre parkland, the venue currently consists of a 2,000m, eight-lane rowing lake, return lane and associated competition facilities.
The new pumping station building in the south of the Olympic Park is operational together with a new sewer network that will collect, convey and discharge waste water from the main venues and buildings in the Olympic Park in Games-time, and from the legacy venues and residential developments after 2012. The pumping station is the second building to be in use on the Olympic Park following the completion of the Primary Substation in October last year.
ExCeL London will play a major role during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, hosting the biggest cluster of Olympic and Paralympic sports outside the Olympic Park. The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) is consulting on its plans, and will be holding an exhibition this month prior to submitting a planning application to Newham Council in February for the work to be done to convert ExCeL to a temporary Olympic and Paralympic venue.
The Cultural Olympiad Board, chaired by Tony Hall and The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces the appointment of Ruth Mackenzie as Director of Culture. Leading the LOCOG Culture Team, she will report to Tony Hall and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Board and will be supported by a team of artistic advisors: Martin Duncan, Craig Hassall, Sir Brian McMaster and Alex Poots.
- Deal will deliver over 150 hours of television coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – more than ever before;
- Channel 4 will run its biggest ever marketing campaign to promote the Paralympic Games;
- Every penny LOCOG has raised from selling the rights will be invested to provide the biggest and broadest TV feed of the Paralympic Games ever;
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has awarded the UK broadcast rights to Channel 4 following a highly competitive tender process.
Since the project started, the ODA has achieved a health and safety record far better than the industry average with a total of eight sets of a million hours worked without a reportable accident.
The new underpass has been constructed in the north-east corner of the Olympic Park to form part of the Olympic Park Loop Road – a new route that will provide access around the Olympic Park site in Games-time and legacy.
