The roads that will form the Olympic Route Network (ORN) have been designated by the Department for Transport today following a 14 week public consultation. These are the roads which will have dedicated Olympic lanes on them.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will now engage and consult with businesses, residents and others in order to determine specifically how those roads will be affected by those measures.

The formal designation of the ORN, which come into force on 22 July, gives the ODA the legal authority to approve planned works on the ORN and to implement traffic regulation orders to manage traffic on the ORN during the Games.

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According to the London 2012 website "We are aiming for 100 per cent of spectators to get to the Games by public transport, cycling or on foot. We are planning now to ensure that disruption to regular travel is kept at a minimum during the Games. 

Athletes, officials and other members of the Games Family will travel on an Olympic Route Network (ORN). The ORN comprises a network on existing roads around London and the UK that link all competition and key non-competition venues, such as accommodation."

The plan is that between 27July - 12 August 2012 (Olympics) and 29 Aug-9 Sept 2012 (Paralympics) enough Londoners will have gone on holiday to free up the extensive and exclusive traffic network for what I guess will be roughly 60,000 Olympic athletes, facilitators, media and IOC freeloaders driving smoothly to and from every day.

Nah.  I can't see any unforeseen problems arising there. After almost everything we have seen them produce so far has been on time , on budget and went right from the get-go. Didn't it?

Martin