Lower Lea Valley

• Location

  • North East of the River Thames
  • London
  • area regenerated for the 2012 Olympic games
• positive consequences

  • The athletes village was supposed to be turned into 2800 affordable homes
  • removing derelict buildings and more green space
  • £9 billion investment into transport- new tube station built
  • built on 560 acres of brownfield land
• negative consequences

  • The area became more desirable so house prices increased
  • games produced 3.3 million tones of CO2
  • Olympic games cost £701 million- 3x the original amount