Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: Regeneration

Question 1

What is the location of the Olympic park?

Answer 1

Lower Lea Valley, Newham, East London

Question 2

Why was this area chosen for regeneration?

Answer 2

-It was a former Industrial area, one of the poorest and most deprived areas in London
-Had low income housing, poor service provision
-Much of the land was derelict, abandoned or occupied low value uses
-hoped that this deprived area would benefit from the legacy of the games
-easily accessible from Central London

Question 3

what were the main features of the project?

Answer 3

-all land purchased under the ODA
-Decontamination of land used for industrial purposes
-electricity cables buried underneath the ground to improve appearance of area
-construction of bridges over waterways
-landscaping to create natural habitats and improve area’s attractiveness

Question 4

What were the social pros of the regeneration project?

Answer 4

-Athletes village has been relaunched as a housing estate as East Village.- Is affordable housing - 2800 homes
-helped to boost schools in the area
-aquatic centre now used by residents and community
-unemployment fell all over London

Question 5

Economic pros of the project?

Answer 5

-Stratford got a new tube station-connected to London
-Infrastructure was improved
-Brought £9billion investment to East London
-New media set up after games

Question 6

Environmental pros of the project?

Answer 6

-Many of the grounds have been kept for parks and public use
-Stadiums built using 25% recycled plastic
-River Lea was cleared up
-Urban Wasteland cleared up
-built fully on Brownfield sites

Question 7

Social cons of the project?

Answer 7

-the 2800 homes weren’t affordable for Newham’s poorest
-Unemployment increased in other areas
-many people in surrounding boroughs still live in poverty
-450 housing estates got destroyed

Question 8

Economic cons of the project?

Answer 8

-Cost £701 million- 3x the original cost
-Total bill was £8.77 billion tax-£5 billion over budget
-existing businesses had to move
-property prices increased

Question 9

Environmental cons of the project?

Answer 9

-much wildlife had to be relocated
-many materials came from overseas
-over 3.3 million tonnes of CO2 was produced