A wooden footbridge has been installed across the A1 motorway between Dugny and Le Bourget in the Seine-Saint-Denis area of Paris to allow pedestrians and cyclists to reach Olympic venues at Paris 2024.

Paris 2024 Olympic works delivery company Solideo has taken on five new projects prior to the Games scheduled for July 26 to August 11 next year.

The Paris 2024 venue for badminton, Para badminton, rhythmic gymnastics and Para weightlifting is now set to be completed in January 2024, months later than originally planned.

Most of the works required for next year's Olympics and Paralympic Games in Paris will be completed by the end of the year, the head of the company responsible for building the infrastructure has promised, but warned costs will raise due to a series of issues, including the war in Ukraine. 

Solideo, the company responsible for completing building works for the Paris 2024 Olympics, has announced it is looking at an additional cost of €150 million (£130 million/$158 million) due to the rise in prices in construction and raw materials and the disorganisation of supply chains.

The 2023 budget of the French Ministry of Sports and for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics will be marginally increased to €1.113 billion (£989 million/$1.067 billion).

Solideo, the public body charged with overseeing infrastructural projects for Paris 2024, has claimed 60 per cent of residents are supportive of the Athletes’ Village project for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Local authorities in Marseille have abandoned the idea of building of a 5,000-seat grandstand for the Paris 2024 Olympic sailing events, citing security concerns.

An agreement on the financing for development of the 2024 Olympic sailing venue in Marseille could be signed next month, according to Solideo managing director Nicolas Ferrand, who also admitted Games construction costs have increased above inflation projections.

Paris 2024 organisers and Solideo, the Olympic works delivery company, need to "consolidate coordination" according to Court of Auditors recommendations on the financial governance of the next Summer Games but one.

Three employees at the state-owned company in charge of the construction of venues for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris have reportedly been suspended for making sexist, homophobic and racist remarks.

The major building phase for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has been set in motion by the Board of the Olympic Works Delivery Company (Solideo), chaired by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

The deeds of sale for two parts of the Paris 2024 Athletes' Village have been officially signed.

Solideo, the state-owned company in charge of the construction sites for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, has acquired the land necessary to enable it to start work on the Paris 2024 Media Village.

Solideo, the state-owned company in charge of the construction sites for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, has settled its budget for 2021, when building work is set to get underway in earnest.