Over the course of the next few months we are offering an insightful Robinsons Olympic Help guide to all tenants, landlords and homeowners.

In the first post we discussed how the Games will affect immigration and in the second entry we suggested tips on housing and accommodation.

Today, we are examining how the Olympics will affect the logistical challenge for household goods moving operations.

It is certain that the sporting event will present difficulties with regards to home removals in London because a number of ‘Olympic Traffic Lanes’ have been identified on main arterial roads serving the Capital and within key areas.

It is not yet known how many lanes will be introduced but it will definitely have a knock-on effect on delivery and collection times throughout London for removals vans. It is reported though that they constitute 1% of the public roads of the 109 mile Olympic Route Network (ORN).

The Lanes will be used by officials and 18,000 athletes to get to and from the Olympics site in record times. What does it mean? Well parking is going to be affected as normal bays in which people park in will be restricted for security purposes and to reduce congestion. What is more, parking bays will be suspended for collections and deliveries dependent on property locations.

As specialists in overseas removals, we have offices in Beijing and Sydney that have described how the Olympics in the year 2000 were a ‘bit of a nightmare’ on logistics.

They detailed the impact how main roads were blocked for weeks before the event and how traffic was gridlocked. Deliveries were challenging and moving consultants faced serious delays.

Robinsons International Removals has to assume the effect in London this year will be much worse!

Stay tuned for our next post on how the Olympic Games will affect customs, port procedures and security…