The river system of the Lower Lea will be destroyed and damaging effect" on the fund's mission to help charities and voluntary organisations. I don't really see why all the wonderful good cause projects should have to subsidise the Olympics beyond what we have already done".
The alleged economic benefits of the Olympics are also debatable, as the games further over heats the economy of London, to the detriment to the rest of Britain. For example, the Shetland Islands have just failed to find contractors interested in building a proposed f48 million high School project, despite funding being in place, because the major building companies are already fully committed to Olympic developments.
Ken Livingstone is saying this will be a 'green Olympics', but these claims are rubbish. The Olympics will have a large and negative environmental impact.
Most obviously, 50 mature trees will be felled in the Olympic zone located between Homerton Road and Stratford High Road, which incorporates the Bow Back Rivers.
The river system of the Lower Lea which, according to the Environment Agency is very important in terms of its flood relief function, will be destroyed with a network of concrete bridges and a large part of the waterways will be culverted, making the area much less sympathetic to wildlife.
The Olympic stadium will rise to 50 metres and its shading effect on the surrounding land and waterways will be significant.
A new 'park' is promised for after the Olympics, providing a greater amount of open space than now exists. This park will not be created until 2020(8 years after the games), and meanwhile public amenity of the area will be lost.
There are, as yet, no financial arrangements for the management of a new park, and no organisation has claimed they want to run it. By 2020, will anyone remem-