Monday, July 23, 2012

London, three times Olympic




About that, what efforts are required in the transformation of the Olympic Centre of the poor, backward and depressed Stratford area of ​​London, more summarily and figures tell the details.

Here are some. When clearing an area of ​​2.5 square kilometers in Stratford east London - the same, which now stretches Olympic Park - it was necessary to demolish the 220 commercial buildings, houses and other facilities. With the overwhelming majority of those who worked and lived on the future site of Olympic construction, relocation and compensation was able to negotiate amicably. But there were those who stood up to the last: among them - co-op garden plots and the oldest in London factory for smoked salmon. To move them from their homes, in 2007, had a warrant to use force to acquire land.


Not only that. The soil at the site of the future Olympic Park during the years of commercial operation was contaminated with oil residues and contaminated with chemicals. Her first subjected to mechanical cleaning, and then it took a special bacteria that literally ate organic pollution, leaving the ground harmless and suitable for reuse.

It is even important, but particular, and in general for the construction of the base material specially designed Olympic meet management on construction of Olympic facilities (ODA) with a budget of 6 billion pounds (of the total Olympic budget of 9.3 billion - roughly $ 14.5 billion) . Money was allocated by the state with the expectation of at least a partial return on investment. Especially since the global financial crisis wiped out the original plans to attract private capital.

Concerns have been associated not only with the crisis, but also with the age-old British habit to fall into over-pluck, and deadlines are important objects (a stadium "Wembley" was reconstructed twice longer than planned, after spending an astronomical amount of almost 800 million pounds). But a miracle happened: all the major Olympic facilities were put in time and met the planned budgets.

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