LONDON (AP) — Olympic organizers will install designated routes on 2.5 percent of London’s roads to help athletes, officials and dignitaries get around the congested city during the 2012 Games.
A total of 105 miles of roads will be designated an Olympic Route Network. Traffic signals will be adjusted and roadwork suspended to speed passage from central London to the Olympic Park in the east of the city and other venues, including Wembley Stadium.
A further 172.5 miles of designated roads will be set up around venues outside the city.
About 82,000 people are expected to use the network.
Government Transport Minister Theresa Villiers says “experience in other host cities shows how vital this network is.”
