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Stratford transformed to create the largest urban park in Britain for over a century

to clean the Olympic site in Stratford, east London, and create the largest urban park in Britain for over 100 years is completed, the Environment Agency said.

was an area the size of 297 football fields, much of which has been contaminated, clean, with 300,000 wetland plants and planted 2,000 native trees and restored five miles of the river Lea.

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The Environment Agency, who worked with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), the London Development Agency and other partners on the site said he had helped to decontaminate ODA 2000000 tonnes of soil so that it can be reused.

On the river Lea, invasive species, including Japanese knotweed, Himalayan fir and Centella floating have been eliminated, with concrete walls, to improve stream habitat for wildlife and users.

said that organizations like the Environment Agency had helped make the site clean-up.
Olympic Park also features environmentally friendly facilities such as a plant water recycling and energy production to low-carbon energy sufficient to power more than 10,000 houses.