The Sydney homes in M9 bulldoze zone revealed
MORE than 1000 houses in the west are expected to face bulldozing to make room for the Outer Sydney Orbital. A map showing the proposed route details the properties and land sites under threat. Find out whether your suburb or home will be affected.
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WESTERN Sydney has been hit with a major infrastructure shake-up with the addition of the M9 and a freight rail, which could wipe out more than 1000 houses.
A state government document outlining the Outer Sydney Orbital proposal distinctly shows properties and land sites expected to be bulldozed as part of the plan.
Today The Daily Telegraph revealed that a Chinese property developer has paid a farming family on the outskirts of Sydney $69.88 million to secure land it knew would benefit from the new M9 orbital corridor.
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Hong Kong-listed Country Garden, which is so big it almost bought out apartment giant Meriton three years ago, swooped on six parcels of land owned by 90-year-old Beryl Rofe and her family at Cawdor late last year.
The Outer Sydney Orbital proposal:
Brownlow Hill
Cawdor
Cobbitty
Douglas Park
Ellis Lane
Greendale and Cobbitty
Greendale
Luddenham and Greendale
Luddenham
Marsden Park
Menangle
St Marys and St Clair
St Marys
Werrington
