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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
International Olympic Committee inspectors monitor progress for 2012 Olympics
International Olympic Committee inspectors are coming to London on Thursday and Friday for the first of many visits to check on progress being made for the 2012 Games and they will inspect venues once a year until 2008, when progress will be subject to being scrutinised every six months.
"We've made a good start," London Organising Committee chairman Lord Coe said.
"But anyone saying this is a risk-free process would be laughed out of court in any project management circles," he added.
And London mayor Ken Livingstone said 80% of the land required for the Games has already been acquired.
"We should have a final decision on the compulsory purchase orders by November which means nothing is standing in the way of work beginning on schedule," Ken Livingstone added.
Lord Coe also announced that a football team could move into the Olympic Stadium after the Games were over.
The IOC has already praised London's progress, in contrast to the remarks it had made in the run-up to the 2004 Athens Games, when inspectors were sent every two months to ensure that the promised work was actually getting done.
During the inspectors' two-day trip to London, they will be visiting the Olympic Park site in Stratford as well as the O2 Dome and Channel Tunnel rail link.
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