NSW: Major release of housing lots

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2001
NSW: Major release of housing lots

SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Sydney is about to get bigger with the NSW government today announcing
a major release of land for housing.

More than 17,000 hectares of land is being investigated to provide more than 89,000
housing lots over the next 15 years.

The release areas are located in Sydney's south-west near Harrington Park and Bringelly,
in the west near Glenmore Park and Marsden Park and in the north-west near Alex Avenue
and the Schofields Aerodrome.

Existing land already earmarked for housing will be fast-tracked, including in areas
near Riverstone in the north-west and Menangle Park in the south-west.

NSW Housing Minister Andrew Refshauge said new lots would be serviced with roads, public
transport options, health services and schools.

However the exact detail of transport arrangements were yet to be finalised.

Dr Refshauge said the government had learned from past errors, where new developments
had led to congested roads.

"This is a 15-year blueprint for Sydney," Dr Refshauge told reporters.

"This isn't just a land release program. This is a plan to make sure that we do it
better than we've done before.

"We don't want the people of these areas to be short-changed."

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