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Clear, Connect, Complete: transforming the Park after the Games
We are responsible for delivering one of the most important Olympic legacy promises made in the original London 2012 bid. This key pledge concerns the physical legacy: the long-term planning, development, management and maintenance of the Olympic Park and its facilities after the London 2012 Games.
It is our task to transform and integrate one of the most challenged areas in the UK into world-class, sustainable and thriving neighbourhoods.
This will create a new quarter of the city in east London – an inclusive community, a thriving business zone and a must-see destination where people will choose to live, work and play, and return time and time again.
On 2nd February 2012, we announced that we had appointed BAM Nuttal to assist us in the transformation of the Park after the Games. The construction work is expected to take up to 18 months to complete, although we have structured the work into phases so that sections of the Park will be opened to the public from summer 2013.
We have called the new phase ‘Clear, Connect, Complete’ because with this work we will:
Clear the Games-time overlay including temporary venues, walkways and roads;
Connect the Park with new roads, cycle ways and pedestrian paths that stitch across the site
and into the surrounding area;
and Complete the permanent venues, bridges and parklands for their legacy use.
You can read more about the transformation of the Park in our News section
The Legacy Communities Scheme: a vision for development
The Legacy Communities Scheme (LCS) defines the overarching vision that will guide the long-term development of the Park, its neighbourhoods, venues and infrastructure after the Games.
The scheme has evolved through collaboration between and engaging with partners, stakeholders and public consultation to help shape the plans and vision for the future Park, which will be known as the Queen Elizabeth Park after the Games.
We will take responsibility for the Park as a single, managed estate, as set out in the LCS. We will take a long-term view, using our expertise and experience across property development, regeneration, international business and marketing, and working with public and private partners.
You can read more about the LCS in our News section
London Legacy Development Corporation
On Wednesday 8th February 2012, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced his formal decision to create a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) that will be responsible for the regeneration legacy from the London 2012 Games.
The new body will be called the London Legacy Development Corporation and will be directly accountable to Londoners through the Mayor.
The London Legacy Development Corporation, which comes into being on 1st April 2012, will continue the work of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (which will be absorbed into the new organisation), as well as manage some of the assets and responsibilities of existing regeneration agencies in the area, such as the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation. It will also have greater powers over the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (the name for the Olympic Park after the Games) and a wider area including planning and development control.
You can read more about the MDC in our dedicated section