WHILE " CLEAN SOIL " HAS BEEN PLACED ABOVE THE SHEET, ANYTHING BELOW IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS. THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY CLAIMS TO HAVE " CLEANED " MORE THAN ONE MILLION TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL, AND "MADE SAFE " MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF GROUND WATER, ALTHOUGH IT CANNOT GUARANTEE ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN CLEANED. AFTER THE GAMES WHEN THE OLYMPIC PARK IS HANDED OVER FOR THE BUILDING OF 10,000 NEW HOMES THE SITE WILL STILL BE CLASSIFIED AS "BROWNFIELD ",WITH THE ONUS ON FUTURE DEVELOPERS TO FUND EXTRA DECONTAMINATION WORK.
NEW DOCUMENTS APPARENTLY SHOW THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE AFTER DECONTAMINATION. CRUSHED MASONRY RECYCLED TO FORM PART OF A ROAD HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT CONTAINED FOUR TIMES ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF ASBESTOS. LAST YEAR THE SUNDAY EXPRESS REVEALED THAT GAMES BOSSES HAD BURIED 7,300 TONS OF TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE SOIL IN A " DISPOSABLE CELL " CLOSE TO THE MAIN OLYMPIC STADIUM.LAND RECLAMATION EXPERT, PROFESSOR ROBERT KALIN OF STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY IS QUOTED AS SAYING " MARKER LAYERS SUCH AS THE ORANGE PLASTIC SHEET WERE STANDARD PRACTICE ON SITES KNOWN TO BE CONTAMINATED. THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY HAD TO MAKE THE SITE FIT - "ONLY FOR THE GAMES". HE CONTINUED "SHOULD YOU CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF THE LAND FOR, SAY, HOUSING, THEN YOU HAVE TO UNDERGO A REVIEW. THAT MIGHT INVOLVE RISK ASSESSMENT ".
LONDONERS MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SITE TO BE FULLY DECONTAMINATED JUST SO THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN MAKE EVEN MORE PROFIT AT OUR EXPENSE. LET LONDONERS BE GRANTED" A FULL WAIVER FROM ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO THE SITE ". ORGANISERS ARE SAID TO HAVE "SET ASIDE " £364 MILLION TO REMEDY WHAT THEY SAID WAS ONE OF EUROPE'S WORST CONTAMINATED SITES - THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR AN ORANGE PLASTIC SHEET, LAID OUT 3 FEET DOWN TO SEPARATE THE "CLEANED " SOIL FROM THE "TOXIC MATERIAL " BENEATH IT. NOT BEING A BUILDER I DO NOT KNOW HOW DEEP FOUNDATIONS HAVE TO GO FOR THE BUILDING OF BLOCKS OF OFFICES, HOUSES OR SPORTS CLUBS BUT I WOULD HAZARD AN UNQUALIFIED GUESS THAT 3 FEET WILL NOT BE DEEP ENOUGH AND THAT SOONER OR LATER THE ORANGE PLASTIC SHEET WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN UP, OR PIERCED TO ALLOW THE CONCRETE PILES TO BE DRIVEN DOWN MUCH DEEPER INTO THE CONTAMINATE SOILAND RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. WHO THEN PICKS UP THE ENORMOUS BILL FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS DECONTAMINATION WORK ?
LONDONERS MUST NOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE SOLD OUT AGAIN BY THE LONDON POLITICIANS , DEVELOPERS, OR THE USERS OF WHATEVER IS BUILT ON THIS SITE - AND REFERRED TO AS " LONDONS OLYMPIC LEGACY" - BECAUSE IT COULD WELL TURN OUT TO BE " LONDONERS EVERLASTING LIABILITY " WHEN CLAIMS START COMING IN FROM THOSE WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON THE SITE, OR THOSE WHO WORK, LIVE OR PLAY ON THE COMPLETED SITE, STATING THAT THEY ARE SUFFERING ILL HEALTH AS A RESULT OF RADIATION AND CONTAMINATION. (and there will be some who try this on - ill or not). WHO WILL THE POLITICIANS/DEVELOPERS TRY TO PUSH THE COMPENSATION COSTS ONTO ? RIGHT FIRST TIME - "LONDONERS".
IF LONDONERS DO NOT WANT EVEN MORE OLYMPIC DEBT FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME MAKE SURE YOUR MP, NEWLY ELECTED OR THE OLD ONE RETURNED, IS AWARE OF YOUR VIEWS BEFORE THEY STITCH US UP AGAIN - AS THEY DID BEFORE
AND ABOVE ALL DON'T FORGET THAT KEN LIVINGSTONE, AS LONDON MAYOR, MADE NO EFFORT TO PROTECT LONDONERS FROM THIS 10/12 YEAR OLYMPIC PENALTY TAX SO THINK TWICE BEFORE VOTING HIM BACK AS LONDON MAYOR - BECAUSE HIS GUARANTEES ARE NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE WRITTEN ON (HIS OWN WORDS - NOT MINE)