2012 London Olympics Clean-Up Begins
March 2006

Since last year’s announcement that  London had been awarded the 2012 bid to host the Olympics, the whole of the Eastern London city has been subject to much re-generation planning and activity.

The planned Olympic Park in East London, lies at the heart of London's plans for the 2012 Games and the 500-acre site in Stratford will provide a compact, secure and easily accessible home for the Games, seven minutes from central London. Nine new venues will be situated within easy walking distance of each other, allowing competitors and spectators alike to experience the unique atmosphere of an Olympic Games.

Work has already started in the area to remediate land and prepare sites in readiness for the event. One of the many works that Lloyds Environmental were recently contracted to undertake in the area was a de-silting jetting job in the flood relief channel around Walthamstow and Leyton. The Environment Agency wanted the channel walls and base cleansed prior to a check for any defects in the channel structure itself.

The entire jet cleansing job ran over 7 kilometres of the canal and our drivers had to take the unusual step of driving their vehicles into the flood relief channel to get access to the walls. Fortunately, the water levels were held at low levels whilst work took place.

All of this work was done through the Detling (Kent) branch of Lloyds Environmental.