Liverpool: Moore Point plans for 14,000 new homes and thousands of jobs
Tens of thousands of new homes and jobs would be created under a 30-year plan that would see Sydney’s third CBD embrace the Georges River, but questions have been raised over infrastructure needs. SEE THE PLANS.
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Sydney’s third CBD would be expanded to embrace the Georges River under an ambitious 30-year plan to create more than 14,000 dwellings and thousands of new jobs.
A planning proposal has been lodged by Coronation Property and Leamac Property Group to regenerate a 32ha joint landholding east of the Liverpool city centre known as Moore Point.
The site is located within the broader 38ha Moore Point precinct, which is currently zoned for light industrial uses.
The project would yield about 14,783 dwellings and 344,499 sqm of mixed-use employment floor space, which would be developed over 30 to 40 years.
Planning documents reveal indicative uses for the mixed-use space could include offices, tertiary education, medical uses, a school and an entertainment precinct which would potentially feature bars, cafes, restaurants and more.
“The planning proposal provides an emphasis on reorienting Liverpool to the Georges River foreshore and providing new open space, facilities and connections adjoining the Liverpool CBD,” the documents state.
A draft planning proposal report suggests the plans would generate about $27.8 billion in economic activity based on a construction cost of $8.72 billion.
The proposal also has the potential to create about 23,000 new jobs, according to an economic assessment report.
Liverpool Community Independents Team councillor Karress Rhodes said she supported the concept of developing the other side of Georges River, but wants to see an infrastructure plan to support the proposed density.
“There’s always been this desire by council to develop the other side of the river so that they can make the river more a part of the city of Liverpool. As an idea, I am in favour of developing on the other side of the river because you can’t leave it like it is, so something has to happen,” Cr Rhodes said.
“As to whether I agree to that number of dwellings, that is frightening.
“I’ve got more questions than answers and that development just raises more questions about how it’s going to work. All we know is there’s going to be that enormous density and population in that particular area.”
Fellow LCIT councillor Peter Harle welcomed the idea of developing the other side of the Georges River.
“Liverpool hasn’t developed the other side yet and that will happen. I know the concerns about the traffic, you’ve got Newbridge Rd is the main drag there, but the idea is you’ve got that side of the river (which) is in easy walking distance of Liverpool railway line. What that would mean is probably a large percentage of the people who live there wouldn’t commute by private transport, they’d go by train,” he said.
But Cr Harle said public transport infrastructure would have to improve to cater for the proposed growth.
“We certainly need the infrastructure we haven’t got. It’s already virtually at capacity.”
The planning proposal is currently on preliminary public exhibition.