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Progress continues on the Olympic Stadium, a year after construction started in May 2008.

One year after the start of construction on the Olympic Stadium last May, the project remains on track and work on the construction and internal fit-out of over 700 internal rooms has begun.

ODA Chairman John Armitt said: 'One year on from the start of the "big build" the Olympic Stadium is on track and already becoming a feature of the east London skyline. The steady and safe progress is a credit to the team on site and their suppliers across the UK. The Stadium is on schedule to host the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games in just over three years time and become a high quality facility in legacy for athletics and other sports.'

LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: 'The Olympic Stadium will become the heartbeat of the Olympic Park in 2012 and home to spectacular sport not just at Games time, but for years to come. It has been a fantastic effort to get us this far, but the future promises much more. A spectacular Olympic Games and Parlaympic Games in 2012 and when the Games have left town, we will have changed the map of east London for good, bringing a regenerated area and multi-sport facilities for both elite and community use – including track and field.'

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said:  'One year after the start of construction on the Olympic Park and we are on-track to deliver a spectacular Olympic Games whilst bringing much-needed jobs and skills to the east end. With work underway on all five of the major venues on the Olympic Park a new skyline is starting to appear across east London as venues like the Stadium and the Aquatics centre take shape.
 
'The Stadium itself has been designed not just for the Olympic and Paralympic Games but for generations to come, so that in the future the whole community will get to use it's incredible facilities - from top athletes to local school children and keep-fitters.'


Peter Rogers, Chief Executive of the London Development Agency, said: 'The Stadium will be the cornerstone of the Olympic Park site both in 2012 and for decades to come. We have been working closely with our Olympic partners to ensure a lasting sporting and educational legacy. This will be a living stadium with athletics at its core, housing a school with a strong sporting specialism, a National Skills Academy and a high performance sports training environment. All of this will provide a strong community focus for future generations.'

Chair of the Olympic Lottery Distributor Janet Paraskeva said: 'National Lottery players are making a major contribution to funding the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympics Games and it is great they can see the fantastic progress that is being made with the Stadium now really taking shape.'

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