Daniel Moylan is the new head of the London Legacy Development Corporation.

Baroness Ford, the chair of the Legacy company which has already been successful in securing a future for most of the Olympic Park, is widely respected across all parties for the calm, but tough way, she has negotiated deals with private and public companies.

Ford, a Labour peer who was appointed in 2009 by the previous Labour Government, was expected to stay in control until after the Olympics and Paralympics.

But, fresh from his Mayoral election victory last week, Johnson has appointed Conservative councillor Daniel Moylan as head of the London Legacy Development Corporation.

I understand Ford is very disappointed by the decision which was made public before she or her chief executive Andrew Altman had a chance to inform staff.

She told me: "I would loved to have finished the job I started and closed out the deals on the Broadcast Centre and the Stadium. That will be the job of the new chairman. There's a huge construction job to be done on the Park after the Games."

I understand Ford is now keen to leave straight away, once a handover period has taken place with Moylan.

The 56-year-old has been deputy chairman of Transport for London (TfL) for the last four years.

He is also expected to advise the Conservative Mayor on aviation and stay on as a councillor and TfL board member.

Insiders have told me they are very surprised that Johnson hasn't gone for somebody from the construction industry, since there is a huge amount of building planned on the Park after the Games, from new homes to leisure facilities.

The Park is not expected to be opened to the public until a year after the Games finish.

I understand any deal for West Ham to become a tenant in the main stadium is expected to be concluded by October when the planning application for rebuilding the stadium must be submitted.

The football deal has dominated media coverage but the deals done by Ford and Altman on other aspects of the Park are far more significant in terms of jobs and legacy.

Baroness Ford has been widely respected for the way she has negotiated deals for the Olympic Park

The deal which allows the swimming centre to be subsidised by concerts and sports event in the Handball Arena is one of the most creative decision in the 2012 story.

It will mean local people will be able to swim in the pool for a reasonable price.

The Broadcasting Centre, often the hardest building to redevelop after the Games, has attracted interest from three major commercial organisations.

If a deal is done on that soon, as expected, it will be far more important for local jobs than whether West Ham decide to rent the stadium or not.

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From "a hotchpotch of abandoned factories and muddy soil to a carefully landscaped park of modern, sporting venues". Getty Images.

I've been going to the Olympic Park in east London every week for the BBC for close to five years now.

I've seen it grow from a hotchpotch of abandoned factories and muddy soil to a carefully landscaped park of modern, sporting venues.

The other day something quite striking happened down there.

Instead of having to put on a hard hat and bright clothing for a building site, I was allowed to walk in normal clothes across the Park.

I took a 15-minute stroll from the main spectators' entrance by the Westfield shopping centre, past the Aquatic Centre and main stadium and over to the Handball arena.

Suddenly, the Park had the feel of the six Summer Olympics I have covered before.

I could imagine this site in Stratford as the focus of the world, like I'd experienced in Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing.

In that moment, I had the vision of thousands of spectators walking to the venues with excitement in their steps and journalists racing ahead of them with deadlines and stress in their bellies.

For the first time I could imagine the Olympics in my own back yard. More and more Londoners and Britons are going to feel the same way in the next few months. The juggernaut is just around the corner.

Now, it's my job to question all the decisions taken around the Games and to make sure they are all in the interests of taxpayers and Londoners.

That's going to get more important, especially with more public money going into the "private company" called LOCOG which is organising the Games.

I'm going to continue doing this during the months leading up to the Games. I'm not going to conduct the cheerleading. I'm actually quite proud of the fact that my nickname in the LOCOG offices is "Citizen Warner"!

But, I am also not going to forget what a wonderful few weeks we have ahead of us in the summer.

The world will come to London and I am convinced Londoners will put on a great show and give people a warm welcome.

I know some Londoners will complain about the Olympic lanes, the inevitable transport problems and parking restrictions. We've got months of controversy ahead, I'm sure.

But when the event starts, the atmosphere will be magnificent and we will remember it for the rest of our lives.

Why am I so confident? Because I remember the warmth of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 when the Olympic bid was not even a sparkle in the eyes of Lord Coe.

The packed Manchester crowds were brilliant. They knew their sport and they cheered everybody on, whatever their nationality. I expect London to be even better than that.

I also think the way tickets have been snapped up by the public, that the 2012 atmosphere will be better than Sydney in 2000 and Barcelona in 1992. The Games I remember with the most excitement.

I don't think 2012 have done everything right. I still believe they could have got more tickets to more people in London and the UK. I'm not impressed by their merchandising and I think there are serious errors in some of the transport plans.

But I really believe, whatever the arguments about money and plans, that the British public will deliver some magnificent memories in July and August.

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Transport has always been the biggest challenge of the London Olympics. Getty Images.

I think Olympic organisers have made a big mistake with their transport planning for 2012.

It is announced today that the Olympic Route Network (ORN), with its exclusive lanes for athletes, officials and VIPS, will not be introduced until just two days before the opening ceremony on 27 July.

Beijing had its lanes in place 19 days before the opening ceremony in 2008. Athens gave its residents 11 days to get used to them before the 2004 Games started and last year's Vancouver Winter Games introduced restrictions a week before the Games.

Although the announcement will please Londoners who have been worried about how the lanes will affect their businesses, there is a real danger that, without them, the week before the Games will be dominated by transport stories.

Don't forget that a week before the Games, many of the athletes will already be in town travelling to venues for training. The world's media will also be getting used to their daily commute to the Olympic sites.

Without Olympic lanes in place, there is a danger they are going to be late for their appointments.

Transport has always been the biggest challenge of the London Olympics. Being late matters if you are an athlete with a designated training time and it will also become an issue if international reporters end up in traffic jams.

The 12 Olympic Games I have covered have all had the same theme. The week before the Games is like "silly season" for the media. Often there aren't many stories about so everybody is looking for something to focus on before the Games get under way.

In the past I have seen quite small issues suddenly become big news on TV, radio and newspapers across the world.

Even if there are just small transport problems, there is a good chance they are going to get plenty of coverage.

So, the danger for 2012 is that the build-up to the Games is dominated by transport hiccups before the ORN is even in place.

That won't be good for the image of London and the Games, even if the ORN subsequently solves many of the problems in the 48 hours before the opening ceremony.

The damage to the capital's reputation will have been done.

I understand that the organising committee (LOCOG) wanted the lanes in place between one week and two weeks before the opening ceremony - that would have given London drivers time to get used to them and enabled the world to arrive with all restrictions in place.

Clearly, Olympic officials are keen to keep Londoners happy. Of course, many will understand that because taxpayers have dug deep into their pockets for the Games and 2012 want a happy London to welcome the world.

But leaving the introduction of the ORN so late is a gamble which 2012 may regret.

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