Oct,5 Wed 2011
Britain’s largest temporary pontoon has been specially created for the London 2012 Games, and will be tested at the ExCeL exhibition centre ahead of next summer.
The new route will offer a shortcut for those leaving the venue after events have finished by cutting across the Royal Victoria Dock – saving spectators a 750-metre walk to the nearest crossing point.
ODA Director of Transport Hugh Sumner said: ‘The pontoon will cut right across the Royal Dock to enable the DLR network to share the expected level of spectators, who will only have a short walk to get the train home – not a marathon.
'The Games will be very much business as unusual and we have had to call into play a variety of innovative measures to ensure London keeps moving.'
Britain’s largest temporary pontoon has been specially created for the London 2012 Games, and will be tested at the ExCeL exhibition centre ahead of next summer.
The UK's largest temporary pontoon is tested at ExCeL.
The 180-metre floating walkway is built from reused shipping containers. The Pontoon is designed to help spectators by giving them more transport options at ExCeL, which will be one of the busiest venues during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as it stages 13 events.The new route will offer a shortcut for those leaving the venue after events have finished by cutting across the Royal Victoria Dock – saving spectators a 750-metre walk to the nearest crossing point.
ODA Director of Transport Hugh Sumner said: ‘The pontoon will cut right across the Royal Dock to enable the DLR network to share the expected level of spectators, who will only have a short walk to get the train home – not a marathon.
'The Games will be very much business as unusual and we have had to call into play a variety of innovative measures to ensure London keeps moving.'
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