According to the London Legacy Development Corporation’s latest schedule released today (11 May), the south side of the park, including the ArcelorMittal Orbit and the Aquatics Centre, will only reopen in Easter 2014.
Other parts of the 560-acre plot will begin to open from next summer – the north park, incorporating the parklands and the 7,500-capacity Multi-Use Arena, scheduled to re-open on 27 July 2013, exactly one year after the Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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The 18-month transformation programme will involve clearing the Games-time structures including temporary venues, bridges, walkways and roads; connecting the park to its surrounding area with new roads, cycle and foot paths; and completing permanent venues, bridges and parklands ready for residents and visitors to use.
Andrew Altman, chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, said: "The transformation will take the park from an Olympic site, to a new piece of London that’s owned and shaped by the community in and around it. Above all, the park will create a place of practical benefit for the surrounding community – a place to take your children swimming at weekends, go to school, walk your dog or go to a festival in the summer."
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