(xi)Satisfaction with Park Legacy plans and the consultation process for Park Master Plans
Just under half of the respondents (45%) had heard about the plans to improve the Olympic Park and the surrounding area a 'great deal' or a 'fair amount', with only a quarter (23%) of respondents having seen the plans to improve the Olympic Park area. A fifth of respondents (21%) had heard 'nothing at all'.
A larger proportion of respondents in Newham had seen the plans to improve the Olympic Park area than (33%) than those who lived in Barking and Dagenham (15%) or Greenwich (16%). This is also reflected in the fact that 53% of the respondent who live in Newham had heard a 'great deal/a fair amount' about the plans compared to 43% in both Barking and Dagenham and Greenwich (see Figure C-37).
Figure C-37: The extent to which respondents that had heard about – and seen – the plans of the Olympic Park
In terms of where respondents had seen the plans: 31% had seen them in a newsletter; 19% had seen them at a local exhibition; 15% had seen them in a 'community brief' document; and 49% had seen them in an 'other' format.
A quarter (23%) of the respondents are satisfied with the community consultation process on the plans for the Olympic Park and surrounding area and the opportunity to input their views. with 18% dissatisfied and 37% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. The proportion of satisfied respondents rises to 40% for those who live in Newham and falls to 15% for those who live in Barking and Dagenham.
In terms of specifics, of those respondents who had seen the plans, over half of them were satisfied with the plans for sustainability (53%), venues and sporting facilities (62%), retail and shopping facilities (65%), transport infrastructure and services (65%), leisure and cultural facilities (54%) and the Olympic Park and green spaces (64%). With generally less than 10% of respondents dissatisfied with any aspects of the plans. Only 36% of respondents were satisfied with the plans for education, health and community facilities – a finding that is consistent with respondent's views on the extent to which the 2012 Games will impact on these facilities in the local area (see Figure C-38).
Figure C-38: Satisfaction with the plans for the Olympic Park and surrounding area after the Games
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