Almost 500 new homes to be built over Sydney Olympic Park Metro

Almost 500 new homes will be built on the new Sydney Olympic Park Metro precinct with major construction set to begin after the site was finally approved by the NSW government.

Almost 500 new homes will be built on the new Sydney Olympic Park Metro precinct with major construction set to begin after the site was finally approved by the NSW government.

Three massive buildings between 21 to 45 storeys high, which will host the first 300 residential homes have been approved by the Department of Planning along with a mix of commercial and retail buildings to be built around the new Sydney Olympic Park Metro station,

Since the approval of the first tranche of housing, Sydney Metro will seek to change the development plans, adding an additional 190 homes onto the site.

The site around the new station will also form part of the government Transport Orientated Development proposal, which automatically rezones land within 400 metres of the station to allow for buildings up to six stories high. The Minns government predicts this will allow for up to 16,100 homes to be built in the area.

Renders of the new Sydney Olympic Station where nearly 500 new homes will be built. Picture: Supplied

This comes as the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) carving out the new Metro tunnels have finally reached Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station. It has taken the two machines, affectionately named Beatrice and Daphne 18 months to carve out two 11-kilometre tunnels from The Bays to the new precinct.

The new station will form part of the NSW government’s $25 billion Metro West rail line, which will eventually run from Hunter Street in the city, through Rozelle and Sydney Olympic Park to Parramatta and Westmead.

Renders of the new Sydney Olympic Station where hundreds of new homes will be built. Picture: Supplied

The two TBMs have now excavated more than two million tonnes of material, enough to fill 316 Olympic swimming pools and have installed nearly 72,500 tunnelling segments onto the tunnel walls.

The TBMs will now be dismantled with construction on the 200 metre-long and 27 metre-deep station expected to start in 2027. The tender process to select a developer to build the over station developments at Hunter Street in Sydney’s CBD has also begun.

The two dual Metro tunnels at Sydney Olympic Park station. Picture: Supplied

Building plans for the stations at Parramatta and Pyrmont are both currently under review, while the plan for a potential new station at Rosehill racecourse is still up in the air. The development of a Rosehill station is dependent on whether members of the Australian Turf Club, who own the track, will vote later this year in favour of a controversial plan to sell it to the government.

A tunnel boring machine after it has broken through at Sydney Olympic Park. Picture: Supplied

Premier Chris Minns said the precinct was crucial to delivering more well-located homes near public transport hubs.

“Western Sydney deserves world class public transport and I want to thank the thousands of workers who are working around the clock to deliver this city-shaping piece of infrastructure,” he said.

The new Sydney Olympic Park station is 27 metres deep. Picture: Supplied

Transport Minister Jo Haylen said Sydneysiders who end up living in the new precinct would be connected by not just the Metro, but the new Parramatta light rail and ferry connections to the rest of the city.

“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,” she said.

“It’ll make it even easier for us to handle large crowds when the world’s biggest stars come to town.”

Originally published as Almost 500 new homes to be built over Sydney Olympic Park Metro