Ours will be a ‘polycentric’ city with thousands of new jobs, says Commission

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The Greater Sydney Commission today unveiled a new draft District Plan for the Western City District, outlining a vision for a “polycentric city’’ thriving on the economic benefits of the Western Sydney Airport and unprecedented transport investment.

The Western City District was created by the recent merger of the Commission’s former West and South West Districts. A new draft Plan has been prepared for the District and is one of five updated draft District Plans on public exhibition from today.

Chief Commissioner Lucy Turnbull said the draft Western City District Plan will be on exhibition until mid-December and encouraged councils, businesses and the community in the Western City District to read it and make a submission.

“The updated draft District Plans reflect the feedback and submissions received about the first draft Plans released last year and are aligned with the strategic direction of the recently launched draft Greater Sydney Region Plan,” Ms Turnbull said.

Key elements of the draft Western City District Plan include:

• Guiding unprecedented transport investments and identifying links for people and freight from the District’s strategic centres to Greater Sydney’s north and south, improving access to the Western Sydney Economic Corridor;

• Guiding the delivery of new local jobs and economic growth supported by the Western Sydney Airport and Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis, with the Western Sydney Employment Area expected to provide more than 57,000 jobs over the next 30 years;

• Supporting health and education precincts at the current strategic centres of Liverpool, Greater Penrith and Campbelltown-Macarthur, complemented by the Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis, with a vision for a ring of university cities;

• Maintaining and improving the health of the Hawkesbury-Nepean and Georges Rivers and South Creek waterways as cultural and recreational natural assets;

• Recognising the significance of South Creek as a green spine for the District and central organising element for new communities.

Interim Western City District Commissioner and Economic Commissioner, Geoff Roberts, pictured, said the draft Plan would guide the District’s transformation as a major part of the Western Parkland City under the Three Cities vision.

“We have a unique opportunity to harness the benefits of once-in-a-generation economic boom, bringing infrastructure, businesses and knowledge-intensive jobs to residents,” Mr Roberts said.

“This polycentric city, based around the Western Sydney Airport and the economic centres of Liverpool, Greater Penrith and Campbelltown-Macarthur will be home to diverse, globally significant jobs accessible within 30 minutes of people’s homes.

“Our Plan has a vision for a metropolitan city cluster connected over time by mass transit, where future generations have excellent connections to their jobs, diverse neighbourhoods with access to great places, important services and protected and enhanced natural landscapes,” he said.

The draft Western City District Plan will guide the implementation of the draft Greater Sydney Region Plan at a District level and will inform local environmental plans and the assessments of planning proposals.

The revised draft District Plans have been prepared concurrently with the long-term transport plan, Future Transport 2056, and informs the State Infrastructure Strategy.

The full draft District Plan is available online and for download at www.greater.sydney

♦ Feedback on the draft Plan can be provided online at the same website before December 15.

 

 

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