Why Did the Olympic Park Succeed When So Many Projects Fail? Building The QueenElizabeth OlympicPark

Why did the Olympic Park succeed when so many other regeneration projects stall or fail? In episode one of Building The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Toby Fox asks some of the key people who were there — Paul Brickell, Michelle May, Guy Nicholson, Eleanor Fawcett and Neale Coleman — what actually made the difference. For decades there were “elegantly written plans” for the Lower Lea Valley and nothing ever happened. What changed, they argue, was a rare combination: the Games as the “glue” that aligned four boroughs and brought government in behind them, an unbreakable deadline, and a single-purpose delivery organisation with the powers to deliver. Practical lessons for the 1.5 million homes challenge and the New Towns programme. Part of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge. Sponsored by Red Loft and Vistry Group. Subscribe for the rest of the series. #olympicpark #regeneration #housingdevelopment