Delivery issues: JULY – OCTOBER 2012
 
The Shopfitting Shop Limited and its courier network have worked hard to ensure that we are ready to respond to the challenges created by this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Those preparations are now well underway and we are in a position to share a detailed action plan with our customers.

It is clear from our close liaison with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and Transport for London (TfL) that we are likely to experience severe congestion in a number of areas in and around London from mid-July to mid-September, although we expect there will also be disruption outside those dates due to the Torch Relay, testing of the Olympic transport infrastructure and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
 
Your goods will get delivered but please be patient. Overnight deliveries into the areas affected by the Olympics will be a challenge. There will be back logs within our delivery depots as with all other couriers so we ask that during this event you respect that we are working hard with all parties to get your goods delivered. Scheduled deliveries, timed deliveries and re deliveries will be increasingly difficult to adhere to.

There are many statistics associated with both events that help explain the scale of the congestion:

• 24 Olympic venues across London
• 800,000 spectators on peak day
• 10,500 athletes
• 9,000,000 tickets sold
• 21,000 press people in attendance
• 3,000,000 additional transport trips on the busiest day

 
Olympics and Paralympics 2012: Reasons for disruption
The following list will help you to understand the full extent of the disruption to collections and deliveries:

• There will undoubtedly be congestion in and around all 24 London venues
• The Olympic Route Network is 109 miles in length and incorporates the main thoroughfare through London
• The road events themselves, such as the Marathon, of which there are 10, will include a number of road closures from the day before and day of the event
• There are a number of parallel events such as the Diamond Jubilee and the Concerts in Hyde Park, at which there is likely to be 60,000 spectators
• Increased security at all venues will incorporate a number of road restrictions 
• The movement of athletes to and from all venues 
• Park & Ride traffic 
• There is no parking for spectators at the venues
• Parking restrictions will be in place around the venues affecting 290,000 homes
• During the games 200,000 members of the Olympic family (athletes, coaches, officials and technicians) will require transport to and from the venues daily.
• There will be suspensions of numerous parking and waiting bays
• Creation of Games Lanes, which will be reserved for VIP traffic
• Numerous right hand turns will be taken out of the traffic system