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The London Olympics for 2012 will be held in Stratford, London. There have been many debates about what the Olympic park will affect and how communities, the economy and the environment will be effected.  On the right, there is a [|map of the Olympic Park] and what it will eventually look like.

The 2012 Summer Olympics are planned to take place between 27 July 2012 and 12 August 2012. The London 2012 Olympic bid was announced as the winner of the bidding process on 6 July 2005, following unsuccessful bid attempts for previous Olympics by Manchester and Birmingham. The planning for the Games is still ongoing, with many [|announcements and developments]  taking place.

The Olympics require venues to carry out the sporting events. London had to make room for all of these venues, destroying the environment and houses and local businesses. Some of the venues which london has built are: The Aquatics Center, The BMX Circuit, The Olympic Stadium, The Velodrome and [|many more].

(Written by Max Resnikoff)

**How will the Olympics affect the Communmity?**

The British Olympic Association’s (BOA) mission is to transform British lives through the power of the Olympic values and the success of Team GB. The BOA’s principal role is to prepare and lead our nation’s finest athletes at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. Working with the National Governing Bodies, the BOA selects Team GB from the best sportsmen and women who will go on to compete in the 26 summer and 7 winter Olympic sports at the greatest sporting competition in the world. The BOA is independent and privately funded. They receive no funding from the lottery or government and have no political interests. The success of their mission is entirely dependent upon the income they receive from fundraising and events. The BOA is the strong, independent voice for British Olympic Sport and is responsible for promoting the Olympic Movement throughout the UK. For more Information [|Click Here]

(Written by Chad Norton)


 * How will the Olympics affect the Enviroment?**

__Environmental issues__

'The greenest games in modern times' that is the promise made by the London2012 comity when the bid for the Olympics was made in 2005.

Issues & solutions

-Noise and dust around the Olympic Construction sight disturbing the locals and wild life.

-Enclosing generators with soundproof brick and monitoring dust levels.

-Protecting waterways from debris and the wild life within them.

-Newt’s toads and other water life have been relocated to separate habitat’saway from the Olympic sight.

-There will be a vast amount of waste that will be produced during thegames and by the building of the sight.

90% of thewaste created by the construction is recyclable or reusable.

(Written by Fiona Brown)




 * How will the Olympics affect the Economy?**

The london 2012 olympics has had a major economic impact everywhere in london. The transport of london proposed to build a cable care across the river Thames, this cable car alone costs £25 million. The london olympics budget comes out to £2.7 billion pounds, but with all the costs of transport, construction, security, and the paraolympics, the cost comes out to £9.345 billion. This means that the london olympics will be about £6 billon over budget. To find out more about the economic drawbacks of the London 2012 Olympics, [|Click Here.] There are many econimoc disadvantages that come with the London 2012 olympics, but It also brings many advantages.

__Disadvantages:__ - The city will be overcrowded, causing trafic jams. - More pollution( more littering)  - Locals could be removed from homes to make room for Olympic fields, ect. - Bigger terrorism risks, causeing more security breaches. - prices for buildings rise. __Advanteges:__ -large econimic boom  -success guaranteed in games   -Great impact on: economy, tourism, housing, construction, commercialism, transport, and sports. To get more information on this topic (in general), [|Click Here] (Written by Ian Quinn)


 * Conclusion**

The London 2012 Olympics has been highly anticipated since it was first decided to be held in London in 2005. The Olympics has provided over 180 thousand jobs to workers from and outside of the UK. The London Olympic games have affected the London community in many ways. The olympic games have affected the community's enviroment by the removal of trees to put in new, refurbished landscapes. To make room for the games, the Olympic commity decided to clear out land fills and put in green landscapes or olympic stadiums. Economically, the London Olympic games have used £9 billion, going over budget by £6 billion. For making new forms of transportation alone costs £25 million. many officials belive that this gross over budget will leave London in an economic decline.

(Written By Max Resnikoff)

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