Can the Olympics work for Weymouth?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012

The Weymouth tower is an example of how the Olympics "will bring employment" to this country. The Tower, was built in sections in Hungary, shipped over to this country and assembled by Hungarian "technicians" on site after the foundation works at the sea end of Weymouth harbour had been completed by foreign workers sent specifically for that part of the project.
Bring employment to the UK ? I do not think so.
The rest of this story seems to be be centered more on wishful thinking rater than reality. The majority of people we have spoken to (and as we live just a few miles from the town, that is quite a few) are not overly impressed with the prospect of the Olympics and its legacy. The town is in fact dying with many retail outlets in the town centre now closed. The recent departure of Condor Ferries, the main employer in the town, due to "structural problems" with the ferry terminal quay has not helped. Notwithstanding the statements from Condor that the move to their Poole terminal is only temporary until November (at the earliest), there is an uneasy concern amongst many people that Condor has gone for good. The cosmetic measures applied to the sea front are noticeable of course, but then so are the awful "improvements" to the road system both on the approaches to the town and in the town itself. Many locals, and those who regularly visit, consider the new junction layouts with their traffic control lights, and the new confusion of long white lines, short white lines and large white arrows pointing in different directions painted, in what seems to be a randomly generated pattern, all over the road surface as confusing and dangerous.
No matter what the pro Olympics publicity machine may churn out for public consumption, there is not as much enthusiasm for the extravaganza as they would like us to believe.

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