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Regenerating the Lower Lea Valley

The Lower Lea Valley covers an area on both sides of the River Lea and stretches from Hackney marshes in the north, to the River Thames in the south. It is one of the largest regeneration opportunities in Europe. The valley is surrounded by five boroughs and contains both the Olympic Park and Stratford City developments. These represent two hugely important regeneration projects with enormous potential to help create social, physical and economic improvement for the area.

The Lower Lea Valley is identified in the latest version of the London Plan as having capacity for around 50,000 jobs and 32,000 new homes. A series of studies have been done to show some of the infrastructural and physical development opportunities in the area and ensure high quality design principles are set for the Lower Lea Valley.

Some of these studies include:

  • Olympic Fringe Studies that will consider key design and linkage issues on areas around the Olympic Park. There are 6 fringe masterplans currently underway. These plans will have a direct relationship with the social and economic planning as well as the physical development plans for the Olympic Park. They will help ensure that the surrounding areas are well integrated with the Olympic Park and that benefits extend outwards.
  • Canning Town Masterplan, to ensure the potential of this area is also maximized and treated as part of the wider opportunity in east London.
  • Lea River Park, the creation of a continuous route from the Olympic Park to River Thames with two new major parkland destinations.

Further details on some of these fringe masterplans can be found in the 'Around the Park' section of this website.

Of course the long term benefits stemming from the 2012 Games are not just about the fantastic facilities and physical regeneration of the Olympic Park area. There is also a great deal of important work focusing on skills, training, jobs and business support along with cultural and creative initiatives.

For more information on some of these programmes being run by the London Development Agency (LDA) please visit www.lda.gov.uk for details about:

  • Construction training
  • Women in Construction
  • Job link employability skills
  • Hospitability and catering projects
  • Personal best volunteering

     
Also see the LDA’s website for details on business support through projects such as:

  • East London Business Place
  • London Employer Accord
  • CompeteFor