Tag Archives: ODA

We Want Positive Legacy from the Games: An Open Letter to the ODA’s Richard Arnold

Posted on 7 March, 2013 by

Dear Richard Arnold, I am writing to you once again on behalf of the Save Leyton Marsh group. I wrote to you back in August to attempt to attain the positive legacy that had been promised to the local community … Continue reading →

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Save Leyton Marsh 1 Year On!

Posted on 18 February, 2013 by

Save Leyton Marsh Campaign: Reflections One Year On This video documents reflections on the Save Leyton Marsh campaign one year on. Campaigners describe the journey that the campaign took them on, working with Occupy, being challenged in the High Courts … Continue reading →

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Another local legacy betrayal as basketball floors snatched away for ‘elite’ use

Posted on 8 February, 2013 by

The ODA’s promise to provide a community legacy from reuse of the Leyton Marsh Olympic basketball training venue court floors has been revealed to be a cynical piece of PR following a Freedom of Information request to UK Sport. Among … Continue reading →

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Fabsternation expresses consternation at state of Leyton Marsh

Posted on 22 December, 2012 by

Local Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy wrote to Gerry Murphy of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) explaining the inadequate restoration of Leyton Marsh, which the ODA and LVRPA promised would be returned to its ‘original condition’ by 15th October 2012. This … Continue reading →

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Assembly Member Jenny Jones Visits Leyton Marsh

Posted on 9 November, 2012 by

Today Assembly member Jenny Jones visited Leyton Marsh to witness first hand the problems with the reinstatement of the area of marsh used for the construction of the Olympic basketball practice venue. Campaigners from the Save Leyton Marsh group joined … Continue reading →

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ODA and LVRPA break promise on land handover

Posted on 12 October, 2012 by

The excavated area on Leyton Marsh that outrageously supported the three-storey-high Olympic Games Time Temporary Training basketball courts and tarmac roadway systems will not be ready to return to the landowner Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) by the contracted … Continue reading →

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Reinstatement Works on Leyton Marsh

Posted on 29 September, 2012 by

This image shows where the contractors took a chunk of top soil to test for asbestos etc. We argued for more sampling right across the pile but they said they had done what was industry standard. To the right the … Continue reading →

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Nature of Reinstatement Suggests Future Designs on Leyton Marsh

Posted on 18 September, 2012 by

Yesterday two visitors to the marsh, artists Stephen Vince and Peter Rudolfo who will be joining our Reclaim the Marsh Celebration, witnessed and photographed cables being laid in a section of Sandy Lane not given planning permission for development. At … Continue reading →

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Waltham Forest Council Vote For Reinstatement Plan

Posted on 13 September, 2012 by

A report by Jonathan Brind on last night’s meeting can be found here Essentially, despite some very powerful speeches by Celia Corum, Claire Weiss and Abigail Woodman on behalf of Save Leyton Marsh group, the councillors were guided to accept … Continue reading →

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Waltham Forest Planning Committee Meeting 12th September 7:30pm

Posted on 8 September, 2012 by
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