London 2012 - Five thousand toilet brushes needed

Fri, 27 Jan 00:02:00 2012

As shopping lists go, the one compiled by the London 2012 Olympics organising committee for the furnishing and stocking of its newly-acquired Olympic Village is a lengthy one.

OLYMPIC GAMES The Athletes Village in Stratford, East London - 0

LOCOG were handed the keys for the 2,800 apartments on Friday and now have six months to fit them out before 16,000 athletes descend on an area of east London that has been transformed from a weed-strewn industrial wilderness into what will become a new trendy suburb of the capital.

In the coming months 16,000 beds will be delivered along with 9,000 wardrobes, 170,000 coat hangers 11,000 sofas and 5,000 toilet brushes.

Each apartment will also be equipped with a television and have wi-fi internet facilities.

Work began on the Village in June 2008 and as well as the residential blocks that will provide home from homes for the world's top sportsmen and women, the site will include a cinema, an Olympic Village Plaza, shops, parks and 24-hour dining facilities serving up 60,000 meals each day of the Games.

To handle what LOCOG describes as "the largest peacetime catering operation in the world" it will source 25,000 loaves of bread, 232 tonnes of potatoes, 330 tonnes of fruit and vegetables and 75,000 litres of milk.

Organisers have tapped into the knowledge of former British Olympic gold medallists such as triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards in the planning of the Village which LOCOG chief Sebastian Coe believes will be one of the best ever.

"Athletes are at the heart of the London 2012 Games and our plans for the Olympic Village will provide them with a home-from-home as they prepare for the biggest sporting moments of their lives," he said.

"With the Village now handed over we are starting the huge process to install essential facilities and services ready to welcome competitors around the world in six months."

After the Games the Village, which cost £1.1 billion of public funds to build, will form a new community known as East Village with half the homes designated for social housing. The other 1,439 dwellings have been sold off privately for £557 million to a consortium of UK developer Delancy and the Qatari Diar real estate company.

There will also be a range of community facilities including the Chobham Academy - a new education campus with places for 1,800 students which will open in 2013.

Reuters

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  1. meanwhile our service men and women who risk­ their lives are treated appallingly, total disgrace.­ lets hope the games fail miserably.

    From scouser, on Sat 28 Jan 17:59

  2. an obscene waste of public money,benefiting only the­ rich scum. im sure there must be lots of people who­ would like to see the bog brushes shoved up seb coe­ and companys arses.

    From scouser, on Sat 28 Jan 17:56

  3. I am sick to death of people condemning these­ games...Not everything is about money!!! As a Nation we­ are going through hard times but we will get past it we­ always do...I am honoured to be British and do not want­ to be classed as a whingeing pom (as the aussies would­ say)..Our athletes have put in a lot of their time,­ energy and effort as well as their own money in­ reaching these games...(we do not have a lot of­ sponsorship like other nations).. Stop sitting in your­ little boxes and moaning about the money give some­ support and encouragement to our athletes who need our­ help. What about all the volunteers that are giving of­ themselves to something that is bigger than­ themselves...I applaud them too...If you dont like it­ dont watch it...but dont moan about something if you­ are not part of it.!!! I want to be honoured to be­ British at these games not ashamed...THE WHOLE WORLD ­ will be watching....

    From coralie.brown, on Sat 28 Jan 17:00

  4. Biggest catering operation in peace time????? Having a­ laugh. Obviously never worked on oil and gas projects.

    From GORDON, on Sat 28 Jan 16:27

  5. AM I BOTHERED IT IS JUST MP'S WASTING MORE OF OUR­ MONEY

    From happy feet, on Sat 28 Jan 16:11

  6. Loving all the comments. I agree with an earlier­ comment I was going to make myself about social­ housing. Over a billion pounds of our money to give­ away half to the scrounging jobless, drunken druggie­ law breaking imigrant and white people who just­ can't be bothered to get a job and at least try and­ better themseves. Olympic village. More like Obese­ scroungers village! I for one will not have any news­ sport or even read a paper for the 3 boring as hell­ worthless weeks this farce of a show will be on.

    From ANDREW, on Sat 28 Jan 16:08

  7. 'After the Games the Village, which cost £1.1­ billion of public funds to build, will form a new­ community known as East Village with half the homes­ designated for social housing.'

    So that means then­ that within a year of the games finishing,the Village­ will become a crime riddled,drug dealing,child benefit­ scrounging,immigrant infested,work-shy­ shitehole..........................what a legacy aye?

    From Hugh Jorgen, on Sat 28 Jan 14:36

  8. Tell Seb to grow up. If this is news, and so­ important to to put on the web, then he could do with­ another job. Because the job he is so called doing­ ins't working.

    From bill.hilton333, on Sat 28 Jan 13:24

  9. Just thought of a fab new olympic sport with regard to­ the headline! Let's see how many bog-brushes Seb­ can shove up his ar5e!!!! I'd buy a ticket for that­ (oops, i forgot! I'm not a low-life African­ dictator (Mugabe) or a big foreign corporation, so no­ chance of a ticket there!!!).

    From vince, on Sat 28 Jan 12:44

  10. the country is in a mess and this is all they can worry­ about, get a life and look around you and see what is­ going on
    you are all out to line your own pockets

    From Linda, on Sat 28 Jan 10:11

  11. frankly ime sick to death of the olympics already with­ the rediculous "countdown" to the "big­ day" who gives a fiddlers fart how many toilet­ brushes it takes to scrub athletes skid marks off the u­ bend? send in the synchronised swimmers to do the­ "job", its could be turned into a new­ event.

    From hmmmmm, on Sat 28 Jan 9:27
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    All I've read are totally negative comments. The­ Olympic Games is going to generate a tremendous amount­ of income from the people visiting England for the­ Games. That is the whole point of the money spent so­ far. Why don't you all wait and see how much money­ comes in from the Games before you comment on the waste­ of money because I think you will be surprised and­ proved to be very very wrong.

    From Dorothy, on Sat 28 Jan 8:59
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    No wonder the country is struggling with all of­ negative whinging comments on here. The olympics is­ happening so get with the programme and get over it.

    From brendon.woods, on Sat 28 Jan 8:45

  14. total waste of tax payer money, we shouldnt even have­ the olympics.

    From sean, on Sat 28 Jan 8:29

  15. i dont care how fast people can run or how far they can­ throw various shaped objects. i thought politicians­ were public servants we need to get this sorted. NO to­ the olympics NO to public sector cut backs NO to­ bankers bonus the list goes on. time for a revolution­ me thinks.

    From KAREN, on Sat 28 Jan 8:11

  16. And when the games are finished, will anyone check that­ all the furnishings are still in the apartments and not­ been stolen by the athletes or voluntary staff­ ?....................No...........didn`t think so !

    From Dan S, on Sat 28 Jan 8:10

  17. I am sure they will get a good deal from a Chinese ­ company, they keep spouting, it is good for the WHOLE­ country, then why has the contract for the cars gone to­ BMW. when most of these are made outside of this­ country. Tax payers from the whole of the country­ subsidising London!!!!
    Coe & co set of corrupt­ people!

    From alanowen3122, on Sat 28 Jan 8:05

  18. 24 billion pounds, when all people are interested in is­ the 100m final.

    From Leo, on Sat 28 Jan 7:56

  19. shame i services men and women dont get look after like­ the people going to the Olympic Village

    From FIONA, on Sat 28 Jan 7:39

  20. And the pratts in power wonder why we evade/avoid­ paying tax and work 'cash in hand' - absolute­ waste of our money and disgrace.

    From Bugsie, on Sat 28 Jan 7:29
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