london 2012 continuing the regeneration in east london examples of urban regeneration plans for 2012...
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London 2012Continuing the regeneration in
East LondonExamples of urban regeneration
Plans for 2012
Impact on area
The Olympics - a major undertaking
During the 16 days of the Games -• 11 000 athletes will compete in 300 events, with 5000-
6000 coaches & officials, attended by 4000-5000 other members of the Olympic community.
• Over 7000 sponsors will attend.• The Paralympics alone will involve 4000 athletes and 2500
officials, equivalent to Manchester’s Commonwealth Games in 2003.
• 20 000 newspaper, radio, TV, & internet journalists will work there
• Over 9 million tickets will be sold (500,000 spectators a day at events in and around London)
• 63 000 operational personnel will work, of whom 47 000 will be volunteers, e.g. stewards, marshals, & drivers.
Why here?
• The Lower Lea Valley
• The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the catalyst for the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley in east London.
• See comparative statistics further onhttp://www.london2012.com/index.php
Start
Exhibition Centre - Excel
Site of Olympics Stadium
Multi-sports arena – site of old Hackney Stadium
Clays Lane - site of new Olympic Village
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Stratford transport ‘hub’ – an interchange between underground
and surface rail
Stratford City – new commercial and residential development near new CTRL station
London Docklands
Regeneration – Since late 1970s
Royal Docks – closed in 1980
Docklands Canary Wharf development
The Olympic Stadium on Marshgate Road, Stratford
Multi-sport venues on the site of Hackney Stadium
The ‘Dome’ – to be part of a new sports complex under the proposed bid
The Lea river
The
Olympic
Park
What are the potential impacts?
• Over 3000 new jobs and 4,000 homes are planned for the area, giving investment into one of London’s poorest boroughs.
• Newham has amongst the highest crime and deprivation rates in the UK. Would the Olympics bring prosperity and improved quality of life?
• The Olympic village is a project on the scale of a small town, which would, according to the bid, be converted to low cost housing after the Games. But – Sydney’s experience of this is that costs of staging the Olympics were so high that it was necessary to sell houses at market price in order to recoup losses.
• Hackney Stadium, a former greyhound track, will be the site of the new Olympic stadium. The site is now a dilapidated bus depot and is derelict.
• Costs – a political hot potato, adding to Council tax
The current site of the back of what will be the The current site of the back of what will be the Olympic Stadium. The power lines will be buried Olympic Stadium. The power lines will be buried underground, amongst the first work carried out underground, amongst the first work carried out on the site and one which would not have been on the site and one which would not have been done had the Olympics not been won.done had the Olympics not been won.
The Olympic Stadium site as it looks now from the The Olympic Stadium site as it looks now from the towpath of the City Mill River.towpath of the City Mill River.
One of the 380-odd companies which will be relocated One of the 380-odd companies which will be relocated to make way for the development . This company is on the to make way for the development . This company is on the site of one of the entrances to the main stadium.site of one of the entrances to the main stadium.
The organisers claim that 3,000 permanent new jobs will be The organisers claim that 3,000 permanent new jobs will be
created, although opponents of the Games are concerned that created, although opponents of the Games are concerned that
some of the 11,000 existing jobs in the Olympic Zone will be lost.some of the 11,000 existing jobs in the Olympic Zone will be lost.
Typical Housing in Newham – Canning Town
Current dereliction
Part of the River Lea which will flow behind the main stadium. Part of the River Lea which will flow behind the main stadium.
Several waterways run through the proposed site and are host to a Several waterways run through the proposed site and are host to a
rich diversity of flora and fauna. It is intended to incorporate rich diversity of flora and fauna. It is intended to incorporate
these waterways in the Olympic Park.these waterways in the Olympic Park.
The area close to the Olympic Village. The area close to the Olympic Village.
Former UEL Former UEL Halls of Residence Halls of Residence
Travellers’ siteTravellers’ site
Some of this estate will be demolished to make way for the Some of this estate will be demolished to make way for the 17320 bed Village. 17320 bed Village.
After the Games the village will provide new housing for 3-After the Games the village will provide new housing for 3-4000 new homes, a ‘substantial’ amount of which are 4000 new homes, a ‘substantial’ amount of which are promised as ‘affordable’.promised as ‘affordable’.
The derelict Hackney Wick Stadium – to be demolished for the Volleyball, Basketball and Handball venues
And not everyone supports London’s Games And not everyone supports London’s Games ……
Impacts on property prices and affordability?Impacts on property prices and affordability?
Local people fear ‘gentrification’ Local people fear ‘gentrification’ – – and being squeezed outand being squeezed out
Docklands Flats
