The first Olympic construction project has been completed on time and on budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced.
The £230m project, which has been managed by J Murphy and Sons working with EDF energy, saw the creation of two 6km power line tunnels under the Olympic Park – allowing for the removal of 52 overground pylons.
The announcement comes during a visit of the International Olympic Committee to check on the progress of the construction work.
ODA chief executive David Higgins said: “We have made a solid start in our delivery of the Olympic programme, hitting hit all of our milestones to date, but we recognise we are still at the foothills of the project and the mountain lies ahead of us.”
More than 200,000 cubic metres of soil was created during the tunnelling process and work will now start to fit out 200km of electrical cables.
Some 350 workers and four 40t boring machines worked around the clock to complete the process in 424 days.
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