Olympic site focuses on transport safety
October 10, 2008
e Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has launched a new campaign to help improve safety for cyclists in London by focusing on lorries travelling to and from the Olympic Park construction site in Stratford.
ODA Chairman John Armitt and cycle safety campaigner Cynthia Barlow will be helping distribute Fresnel lenses to lorry drivers, which are a simple and effective measure that can be used to increase safety for cyclists.
By putting a Fresnel lens on the passenger window, lorry drivers can see cyclists and vehicles on the passenger side of the lorry, where before they would have had a blind spot.
ODA Chairman John Armitt said, “We are committed to working in partnership with our contractors to ensure the highest standards of health and safety on the Olympic Park. In addition to this campaign, we are also aiming to transport 50% of the construction materials needed on site by rail and water, which means that we will be taking thousands of unnecessary lorry journeys off London’s roads.”
The ODA has also established a forum with VOSA (the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency), Metropolitan Police and the construction industry to examine a range of initiatives to ensure the safe operation of vehicles on the road network leading to the Olympic Park.
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