ODA director of design and regeneration Alison Nimmo said: “We are on track to complete the Olympic Park venues, infrastructure and parklands ready for London 2012 and are putting in place a team to transform them for their legacy use after the Games."
She added: “Legacy was at the heart of the London 2012 bid and 75 pence of every pound spent cleaning-up what was a former industrial area and creating the Olympic Park is an investment in the regeneration of east London. The venues, sports facilities, parklands, allotments, roads, bridges, footpaths, cyclepaths, energy and utilities networks will form the foundation of the long-term development of this part of London for future generations.”
The ODA is advertising two opportunities to deliver the Olympic Park legacy transformation, one for the south and north of the park, which include:
- Completing the 250 acre legacy parklands to create the largest urban public park created in the UK for over a century including wetlands, woods, meadows, heathland, lawns riverside gardens, frog ponds, 250 benches and seating throughout the Park.
- Delivering the legacy cycling facilities in the Velopark including minor internal works to the Velodrome, creating a one mile closed road cycle circuit and 7km mountain bike track and modifying the Games time BMX track.
- Creating 2.1 hectares of allotments.
- Delivering football fields on east Marsh.
- Removing temporary bridges and concourses erected just for the Games.
- Removing temporary security infrastructure, extending the parklands and completing 15km of cycle and foot paths and a road network connecting the Olympic Park with surrounding neighbourhoods.
- Converting venues and other buildings for their legacy use, including removing temporary external elements from the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and minor internal works to the Handball Arena and Velodrome.
- Removing temporary security infrastructure including the perimeter fence.
Work does not include conversion of the Olympic Stadium, Athletes' Village and Aquatics Centre as these are covered by existing contracts.
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