Technology training The Pavilion academy reaches new heights Innovative courses Construction continues on offered to local residents IQL's timber pavilion page 4 page 3 PARK NEWS January 2020 HERE'S TO 2020! Happy New Year – and thanks on your doorstep at London’s iconic for another wonderful year of legacy venues! APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR the Park! Together with Major League Baseball LEGACY YOUTH BOARD! returning to London Stadium and As January dawns on the Park, it’s a Are you a local young person who would plenty of free community activities for like to shape the future of your area? great opportunity to reflect back over everyone to get involved in, we hope The Legacy Youth Board are recruiting the past year before looking ahead to you’ll join us in celebrating a Year of new members and are looking for young another exciting year to come. From Sport both on the Park and around people aged 18–24 years old living in the biggest EAST Summer School the world. Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and programme yet to sending four local Waltham Forest who want to have a young people on a life-changing STEP It’s not just the Tokyo Olympic and say on the regeneration taking place on into the Smithsonian internship, we Paralympic Games we’ve got to look Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the were proud to be able to offer so many forward to this year. A little closer surrounding area, and make sure changes opportunities to local residents in to home, we've got new residents to meet the needs of young east Londoners. 2019, and this is set to continue welcome to the Park up in Chobham Youth Board members get to input into in 2020. Manor, and Cancer Research UK plans for the Park ensuring that the have moved into their new offices at objectives set by the Legacy Corporation Recruitment is now open for Flipside, International Quarter London. meet the needs of local young people. the digital product design training This is a great opportunity to engage with The days might be chilly and the nights programme for 18–25 year olds, our Legacy Corporation Board, along with and there are plenty of other work, might be long, but before you know receiving extensive training and wider education and training opportunities it spring will be on its way! Keep an access to mentoring. eye on the Park’s plants, flowers and available to local residents – you For more information please go to can read more about these on the trees to soak up the seasons changing QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk/ back page. around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. our-story/get-involved/education-and- In terms of sport, too, 2019 ended on Spring will also see another oppor- young-people a high, with championship boxing and tunity to come along and meet London thrilling international hockey qualifiers Legacy Development Corporation, ahead of the 2020 Games. The Road our Park partners and other local to Tokyo continues in 2020 with FINA organisations at Your Neighbourhood 50% off tickets at Diving at the London Aquatics Centre, Talks on 17 March. Drop in at London the ArcelorMittal Orbit! European Boxing Qualifiers at the Stadium any time between 6.00– Copper Box Arena and more – what 8.30pm to have a chat and share your How's that for a January sale... better way to get set for summer views on the local area, and find out ArcelorMittalOrbit.com than taking in the world-class sport more about what 2020 will bring! 01 EVENTS COMING UP EVENT ROAD CLOSURES 18 JAN West Ham United VS Everton, Our events programme will continue throughout London Stadium winter and spring. Please don't hesitate to contact us if 25–26 Vitality Netball Nations Cup, you have any queries or concerns regarding any of our JAN Copper Box Arena events. You can call our customer services hotline on 29 JAN West Ham United VS Liverpool, 0800 0722 1100. London Stadium Information is correct at the time of publication, but 1 FEB West Ham United VS Brighton please check again with our hotline or on our website and Hove Albion, London Stadium nearer the time. 1 FEB Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10K Series, around the Park West Ham United FC 2 FEB England Hockey: Jaffa Super 6s, home games Copper Box Arena Roads will be closed on the days of West Ham matches at 8–9 Call of Duty League, London Stadium for several FEB Copper Box Arena hours before and after the 12 FEB Chase the Moon 5K and 10K, game. Roads likely to be around the Park affected include Westfield Avenue, Marshgate Lane (from 16 FEB Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park White Post Lane to Carpenters Half Marathon, around the Park Road East) and Montfichet Road. 17 FEB West Ham United Under 23s VS Stoke City Under 23s, Please note, similar road London Stadium closures apply to all London Stadium events. 28 FEB National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Half Marathon – Copper Box Arena Sunday 16 February 29 FEB West Ham United VS The following roads will be closed for the event from 7am until 2pm: Southampton, London Stadium Waterden Road; Clarnico Lane; Parkes Street; Lesney Avenue; East Bay 7 MAR Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Lane; Copper Street; Sidings Street and Marshgate Lane; and Westfield 10km Series, around the Park Avenue (from Waterden Road to Olympic Park Avenue). 7–8 MAR UAE Jiu Jitsu, Copper Box Arena PARK WORKS 9 MAR London Pulse VS Celtic Dragons, Utility works continue at the junction of Copper Street and East Bay Lane. Copper Box Arena Lane closures may be necessary in March, but the road and Copper Box Arena car park will remain accessible, as will Wallis Road bridge. 11 MAR Chase the Moon, around the Park Work continues on the new North South Highway linking London Stadium 14–24 Boxing European Olympic to Waterden Road. As this project nears completion, some realignment of MAR Qualifier, Copper Box Arena the existing site boundaries is required. It will still be possible to cross from Mandeville Place to Waterden Road; please follow diversion signs 14 MAR West Ham United VS where necessary. Wolverhampton Wanderers, London Stadium The new Monier Road bridge across the Navigation canal will be installed in the spring. 15 MAR West Ham United Under 23s VS Swansea City Under 23s 27–29 FINA Diving World Series, CYCLE SECURITY MAR London Aquatics Centre If you use a bicycle, whether for leisure or as your regular 28–29 Mud, Sweat and Gears, mode of transport, it's important to lock your bike up securely MAR Lee Valley VeloPark to reduce the risk of it being stolen. Lock the frame and both wheels to a stand using two good quality locks and, if possible, 29 MAR London Pulse VS Strathclyde get your bike registered and visibly security marked. Sirens, Copper Box Arena You can also make a note of your bike's frame number, make, For London Lions fixtures at the Copper model, colour and any distinctive features to pass on to the Box Arena, visit: TheLondonLions.com police. Bike theft can be reported online at Met.Police.uk or For more information and new event call 101. announcements, visit QueenElizabeth OlympicPark.co.uk/events 02 AROUND THE PARK BUILDING BRIDGES TO EAST BANK – INSTALLATION OVER CHRISTMAS LINKS PARK'S CULTURAL HUB TO STRATFORD Photos: Graham Willson Construction continued on East Known as Carpenters Land Bridge, trademark rust-like appearance after Bank over the holidays, with it was manufactured by Briton, exposure to weather. a company based in Hucknall, the lifting in of a new bridge While the bridge will remain closed Nottingham, and transported down until 2022, it will become a main across Stratford Waterfront. to London in parts, where it was then assembled on site and welded access route between International together. As it spans several live Quarter London, home to Cancer railway lines, the installation was Research UK, the British Council, done over Christmas Day to coincide Financial Conduct Authority and with other planned engineering Transport for London, and East Bank. works. This will also create a link between In total, it’s 65 metres long, 7 metres Stratford and the Park, and its wide and weighs approximately position between UAL's London 350 tonnes, and was lifted into College of Fashion and the new V&A place using Self-Propelled Modular building will make it even easier for Transporter (SPMT). It’s made of people to visit and enjoy the East corten steel, which will impart its Bank buildings. CAPRI PODS MAKE A RETURN JOURNEY TO THE PARK Last year you might’ve spotted the bright orange pods travelling around the north of the Park – without a driver! Developed by the AECOM-led Capri consortium, the pods spent two weeks on the Park as part of a research project into connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) transportation. Local school children, residents and Park visitors all got the opportunity to try out this futuristic technology, but if you missed your chance you might be pleased to hear the trial is coming back in March. As before, the trial will be open to the public, with visitors able to book a ride using an app from different IQL’S PAVILION BEGINS TO TAKE stops along the pods’ route. This will be the final trial for the pods, helping Capri explore the possibilities of SHAPE – AND WHAT A SHAPE! smart mobility and innovative technology. Despite breaking ground less than a year ago, construction Visit CapriMobility.com for more information on the of The Pavilion at International Quarter London has trial and this technology – the pods will be on the Park already reached its highest point.