Olympic preparations ready

[Spellbound454]

The village

The stadium

The velodrome


What do you think?

[starlight07]

What do you think?

An obvious waste of the taxpayer's money.

[Spellbound454]

Not sure about these two....they look a bit like Jedward

I think the flats look nice they are well fitted out and will have kitchens after the games to be sold as private residences.

As long as it doesn't turn out to be the new sink council estate of the type that were pulled down a few years ago.

London property can be very expensive and 10,000 new flats are needed for the workers but.....is that what they'll be used for?

An area full of undesirables in such close proximity would be horrendous.

[dom]

The toilets (unisex type)




The catering (one of a small fleet of 6)

[piropo2]

with free transport to and from the stadium.

[dom]

They still using that old thing from the 1940 Olympics, Pip. Still, if it does the job why not eh.

Its a bit heavy on the juice though in these days of austerity.

[eos]

Interesting thing..wonder if was sorted out.....
Published on Monday 28 February 2011 06:42

A ROW has broken out over whether the pool at Portsmouth’s newest sports complex lives up to its Olympic billing.
Tory councillors in Portsmouth City Council have accused the leading Lib Dem group of mistakes in their bid to have an Olympic pool built at the Mountbatten Centre.
The centre is operated by Parkwood Leisure, which describes the £5m pool as ‘Olympic-sized’ and ‘Olympic-standard’.

But Tories say the pool, part of a £20m investment in the Alexandra Park, Stamshaw, centre, is two inches too short to be used by Olympic athletes.
Lib Dems deny the claim, but admit touch-sensitive ‘time boards’ necessary for the Olympic Games would take up around two inches, meaning the pool would not be suitable.
However they say it fulfils all the regulations to be used for training, during which stopwatches are used for timing.
Tory councillor Jim Fleming said: ‘It’s a mistake. It’s not long enough to meet Olympic standards.
‘It was a council mix-up, a failure to deliver, and the cabinet should admit it and apologise to the city.’
And Tory Cllr Donna Jones said: ‘It may be there was no plan for the pool to be used in competition, but the centre was to be used as a training centre for Olympic athletes, including swimmers. ‘
The pool has a certificate of approval from the Amateur Swimming Association and one from an international swimming body which says it is ‘within the acceptable tolerances’ of the organisation.
The council’s leader for sport, Cllr Lee Hunt, said: ‘It was never to be used for the Olympics. It can be used for training and competitions.
‘But it was designed to have eight lanes, without two empty outside lanes necessary for international racing.
‘It was developed in partnership with national sporting bodies and we were aware of this when voting for it.’