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?7m scarf has been discarded by the expenditure review. Photo: GEOFF PUGH

The scarf, cost 7 m ￡, was designed to decorate and protect outside the stadium - should be a global image of the games - but has been discarded after Olympic delivery Authority said find 20 m ￡ savings to the comprehensive spending review.

However, Rob Sheard, principal architect populated, warned that the scarf is an "integral part" of the stadium.Architect knows acknowledge the sacrifices will be made due to economic, but fears conditions that limited cost of demolition of the scarf benefits could outweighed by decreasing the and stage image wind protection.

Mr. Sheard said: "is that people feel the work completed to date is sufficiently elegant does not need pregnant rained grande.Mais perhaps what people do realize is very functional ducts considerable quantity, cables, shared resources and corporate services will be added to this very visible space closer to the games and which will be all displayed if the package is built."

A spokesman for ODA said: "the decision not to proceed to external Stadium"wrap"" is part of a global economy 20 million pounds of RSE.études wind in stage concludes that the scarf had no obligation to provide conditions on the playground, the scarf was purely cosmetic. ""

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