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Tag Archives: ODA
Open Letter to the LVRPA re Lack of Community Consultation
Dear Shaun Dawson, We are writing to express our ongoing dismay at the LVRPA’s continuing erosion of meaningful community engagement in the lower Lea Valley, particularly with regards to Walthamstow Marsh, Leyton Marsh and the Waterworks and Filter Beds Nature … Continue reading
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Tagged consultation, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA, ODA, reparation money
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One Year Since the ‘Reinstatement’ of Leyton Marsh
Here’s a short essay I wrote for the Guardian ‘Shorts’ competition which asked for submissions of 5000 words on the topic of personal involvement in protest in 2012. It didn’t win (or even get close) but one year on from … Continue reading
Posted in Leyton Marsh
Tagged ASBO, Contamination, Leyton Marsh, Occupy, ODA, protest, Radical dogs, Waltham Forest Council
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We Want Positive Legacy from the Games: An Open Letter to the ODA’s Richard Arnold
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
Posted in Leyton Marsh
Tagged Basketball Courts, basketball floors, legacy, Leyton Manor Park, Leyton Marsh, Millfields Park, ODA
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Save Leyton Marsh 1 Year On!
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
Posted in Lea Marshes, Leyton Marsh
Tagged Campaigning, lammas lands, law, legacy, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA, Occupy, ODA, Olympics
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Another local legacy betrayal as basketball floors snatched away for ‘elite’ use
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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Tagged Basket ball court, basketball floors, legacy what legacy, Leyton Marsh, ODA, Olympics
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Fabsternation expresses consternation at state of Leyton Marsh
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
Assembly Member Jenny Jones Visits Leyton Marsh
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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Tagged biodiversity threat, damage, drainage, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA, membrane, Nussli, ODA, reinstatement, reinstatement plan, Save Leyton Marsh, STRI, turf, waterlogged, wildflowers
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ODA and LVRPA break promise on land handover
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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Tagged 15thOct, botched, excuses, LVRPA, ODA, reinstatement, topsoil, weather
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Reinstatement Works on Leyton Marsh
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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Tagged asbestos, Leyton Marsh, membrane, ODA, reinstatement, rubble, Soil, topsoil, UXB
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Nature of Reinstatement Suggests Future Designs on Leyton Marsh
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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Tagged Building, Excavation, Leyton Marsh, LVRPA, ODA, reinstatement
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Save Lea Marshes (SLM) 