The latest details released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Lend Lease today show the significant progress being made on the construction of the Olympic Village with the foundations of several buildings complete and structural work now underway on the ground-floor level of the first residential buildings.

The Olympic Village, which lies adjacent to the Olympic Park and Stratford City sites, will accommodate athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games and will leave the legacy of thousands of new homes after 2012.

ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: "The Olympic Village will be one of the strongest legacies from the Games and these images show the progress we are making on site, keeping us on track to deliver quality new homes for Londoners together with new parks, public squares and community facilities.


"Our discussions on the funding of the Village are continuing and in the meantime the acceleration of activity on site will help maintain the momentum of this huge project."

Construction work on the Olympic Village started in May last year and the project has already become one of the busiest construction sites in London with more than 570 workers on site.

The Olympic Village will accommodate athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. After 2012, it will leave the legacy of new homes, many of which will be affordable, together with new parks, public squares and open space; an Academy education campus for all ages; multi-use community facilities; and new infrastructure to connect the new communities with the Olympic Park, one of the largest new urban parks in Europe for 150 years.

(CD/JM)