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• Reference: 2008/0008-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

What new options for the funding, design, and housing provision of the Olympic Village are now being explored, in the light of the current economic climate and housing market conditions?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 October 2008

On the funding of the Olympic Village, you have said it is extremely unlikely that there will be a scenario where 100% will be coming from public funds through contingency, but what proportion are you looking at now in terms of the mix of different sources of funding for the Olympic Village?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

That is very welcome. Will you actually write that into the contracts, and has it already been written into those contracts that have already been let?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Again, will there be independent monitoring, as I mentioned earlier with the sustainability issues, of contracts, compliance, and such like to ensure that it does happen, and it is actually delivered?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

That sounds reassuring, because obviously, we want to prevent profiteering, and we want to prevent these big companies moving in and just profiteering without actually putting anything into the event or into the long term. However, in terms of the way the legislation that Peter (Hulme Cross) has shown me is being drafted, it does seem to imply that certain words would be banned in certain combinations. I am all for making sure that Nike or whoever cannot profiteer from this event, but if the local café wants to run an Olympics event night or something like that, I do...

• Reference: 2005/0276-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What alternative sites are being provided for the Traveller families displaced by the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0278-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Given the massive potential for waterborne freight in the Lower Lea Valley, will the Olympic construction contracts require that construction companies make full use of the waterways surrounding the Olympics site to transport materials and waste?

• Reference: 2005/0279-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What will be done to ensure that the potential for waterborne fright in the Lower Lea Valley is maximised during the legacy phase of the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0280-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As a new lock at the junction of Prescott Channel and Abbey Creek could significantly increase the potential of the River Lea to carry freight, why does planning report PDU/0909a,b,c,d/02 stipulate that no new impounding structures be permitted?

• Reference: 2005/0281-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Are there any plans to recommission Cody Dock for use by waterborne freight carriers?