A spokesperson for the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee has come forward to refute the traffic planning maps leaked Wednesday by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
The documents obtained by the BCCLA detail a number of road closures not included in Vancouver's official Olympic traffic plan - but VANOC spokesperson Lizette Parsons-Bell says they are out of date.
"The maps are planning documents," Parsons-Bell told ctvbc.ca. "They were submitted in May of 2008."
"They are not accurate and they are out of date."
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it was forced to release the maps without confirmation from organizers after repeated attempts to confirm or deny their accuracy were ignored - a charge the Olympics Integrated Security Unit also denies.
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"I'm informed that assistant commissioner [Bud] Mercer communicated directly with the president of the BC Civil Liberties Association and responded to their request," ISU staff sergeant Mike Cote said.
However, BCCLA spokesperson Carmen Cheung says the only correspondence received came in the form of a letter dated August 11, 2009, that reached their office Thursday morning.
"We asked for a response by the end of July," Cheung said. "After two weeks, we decided to issue our maps."
Current traffic plans for the 2010 Games
The most up-to-date traffic planning information is available online at the City of Vancouver website.
VANOC says the current road closure information is 80 per cent complete, and the final details are due to be released in September or October of this year.
"It's the final tiny details and tweaks," Parsons-Bell said.
In the mean time, VANOC is hosting the last in a series of free open houses to consult with communities that will be affected by the games.
The Game Plan open house will be held on August 26 at the Britannia Community Centre on 1661 Napier Street.
