Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe appointed to Olympic Park legacy board
Hackney's elected mayor, Jules Pipe. Photograph: Hackney Council
Jules Pipe, Hackney’s directly elected Mayor, has been appointed to the board of a quango in charge of looking after the legacy of this summer’s Olympic Games.
Mr Pipe was appointed to the board of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) along with his counterparts in the neighbouring Olympic boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Mr Pipe will serve on the board alongside Mayor of Newham, Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman and the leader of Waltham Forest, Councillor Chris Robbins, all until the next local government elections in 2014 – or earlier if any ceases to be an elected member of their respective local authority or if the local authority decides to nominate someone else.
The LLDC was created using powers given to the Mayor of London in the Localism Act 2011, and its stated purpose is to “manage the ongoing regeneration and development of the Olympic Park and surrounding areas of east London”.
The organisation held its first board meeting earlier this month.
More information at London Legacy.
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