New figures released today by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show that more than 3,000 workers are now employed on the Olympic Park site.
Work is gathering pace on the Park as venues, including the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, continue to rise out of the ground. Work to insert concrete columns – known as piles – into the ground has also been completed on the first three blocks of the Olympic Village.
Work is on track to start on the foundations of the VeloPark and International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre in spring 2009. Together with the creation of the parkland areas, this will see another significant increase of workers on site. At the peak of construction around 9,000 workers will be employed on site.
Nearly a quarter of workers on site live in the five Host Boroughs and over half of all workers live in London.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: ‘It is the big infrastructure projects that will help see us through the difficult times ahead. It is very encouraging to see that Londoners are really benefiting from the London 2012 Games and there are still many jobs still to be created in the run up to 2012.
‘If the rate of Londoners employed on building the Games continues at this level it will make a significant contribution towards sustaining the capital's economy through the downturn and help us build our skilled workforce for when the upturn comes.’
Work is gathering pace on the Park as venues, including the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, continue to rise out of the ground. Work to insert concrete columns – known as piles – into the ground has also been completed on the first three blocks of the Olympic Village.
Work is on track to start on the foundations of the VeloPark and International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre in spring 2009. Together with the creation of the parkland areas, this will see another significant increase of workers on site. At the peak of construction around 9,000 workers will be employed on site.
Nearly a quarter of workers on site live in the five Host Boroughs and over half of all workers live in London.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: ‘It is the big infrastructure projects that will help see us through the difficult times ahead. It is very encouraging to see that Londoners are really benefiting from the London 2012 Games and there are still many jobs still to be created in the run up to 2012.
‘If the rate of Londoners employed on building the Games continues at this level it will make a significant contribution towards sustaining the capital's economy through the downturn and help us build our skilled workforce for when the upturn comes.’
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