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Sydney Olympic Park is set to receive its biggest makeover since the 2000 Olympics with a new Metro station set to be a brand-new residential precinct creating over 400 new homes.
This new precinct will comprise of three buildings ranging between 21 and 45 storeys as well as redevelopments to already existing dwellings, bringing a total of 490 new homes to the area and numerous amenities for residents.
NSW Minister for Planning and Public Space Paul Scully believes this development is a big step in alleviating Sydney’s current housing shortage. “The NSW Government is getting on with the job of actively planning and delivering more homes for the next generation,” he said. “This approval cements our plan to support the delivery of well-located homes close to transport, jobs and amenities.”
While this new residential development is set to be built around the new stations on the Metro West line currently under construction, there are plans for connection between the Metro and the second stage of the Parramatta light rail which has yet to commence development.
“Our new Metro station will include wide platforms on both sides of the train that will allow us to load and unload passengers quickly”, states NSW Minister for Transport Jo Haylen. With bus, train, ferry and light rail connections also close by, it’ll make it even easier for us to handle large crowds when the world’s biggest stars come to town.”
An overdue update
This development is a long-overdue plan for Sydney Olympic Park, as many aspects of the new precinct address the factors that have led the area to become a wasteland, only active when there is a major sporting event or concert. A major problem Olympic Park faces is the one train line that runs occasionally for major events and can only be taken from certain stops.
Many will remember the scenes from the Taylor Swift Eras concert back in February, as thousands of concertgoers fight to board the first train that comes through the station. Jo Haylen reassures residents and those in greater Sydney that the greater options for living and transport will create better incentive for those attend events at Olympic Park: “Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station will have sports and entertainment fans cheering when it provides unrivalled access to our biggest venues, with fast and easy 15-minute metro trips from the city and a five-minute hop to Parramatta”.
Sydney’s Metro West line is set to be completed by 2032.
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