Morrison starts on Olympic canoe centre

Morrison has started work on the White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire for the London 2012 Games.

The start means the Olympic Delivery Authority has now delivered all of the construction milestones it set out last summer.

The centre in Broxbourne will host the canoe slalom events during the Olympic Games. After the Games, the venue will be developed to become a sporting and leisure facility for canoeing and white-water rafting, as well as a major competition and training venue for elite events.

The centre will be owned, funded and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, who own the site.

ODA Chairman John Armitt said: "Completing all of our milestones over the past year is a significant achievement and the start of work at Broxbourne shows we are hitting our targets not just on the Olympic Park but across the London 2012 project. We are making good progress but there will continue to be tough challenges ahead and we are not complacent.

"The start of construction work in Broxbourne keeps us on track to deliver a world-class venue for London 2012 and a major leisure attraction after the Games. With the venue due for completion ahead of 2012, we will deliver an early legacy of first-class new sporting facilities allowing the huge benefits of the Games to be felt in Broxbourne and the East of England region well before the world’s best athletes arrive in 2012."