London Olympic Park clean-up on track
beat its tough sustainability targets.
The unprecedented clean-up began three years ago and has enabled construction to start on or ahead of schedule on all of the permanent London Olympic Park venues in 2012. The ‘big build’ is now ramping up with venues coming out of the ground and work underway on 21 bridges, roads, a new energy centre and network and other infrastructure for the area in legacy.
Recycling has also significantly reduced the number of lorry journeys in the local area, as only a minimal amount of contaminated material was taken off site.
There have been nearly 3,000 site investigations carried out into contamination on site since October 2006 with nothing unexpected uncovered. Industrial contamination that was found on site included oil, petrol, tar, cyanide, arsenic and lead, as well as some very low-level radioactive material.
Work also continues on the 21 bridges, roads, a new energy centre and utilities network, and transport infrastructure. This will not only benefit the Games, but the communities that will live and work in the area after 2012.
Read about it - Source: london2012 .com
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