More than $700 million to be spent on Wilton infrastructure

MORE than $654 million will be pumped into upgrading roads around Wilton as the NSW Government plans a new city on the outskirts of Sydney.

Thousands of new homes will be built at Wilton on the outskirts of Sydney.

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MORE than $654 million will be pumped into upgrading roads around Wilton as the NSW Government plans a new city on the outskirts of Sydney.

The funding is part of a proposed Special Infrastructure Contribution designed to support 15,000 new homes in the area set to be build over the next 20 to 30 years.

The SIC is a levy paid by the precinct’s developers (Walker Corporation, Br

An artist’s impression of the Wilton South East precinct which is set to start construction in the coming years.

adCorp, Governors Hill and Lendlease) to support infrastructure building in Wilton.

The SIC will provide a total of $771 million in funding for infrastructure in the new mini-city.

Land for three new schools will be set aside through a $32 million contribution while $60 million will be allocated for the precinct’s biodiversity certification process to help protect environmental land.

But Wollondilly Council staff, in a report to councillors at their next meeting, said the levy failed to address the public transport needs of the new community and raised concerns that a police station and land set aside for health services in a previous draft of the SIC has not been included.

The precinct plan for a new city to be built in Wilton.

Staff also raised concerns that funding focused on roads and not public transport would increase traffic on the Hume Highway as people travelled to employment precincts in Narellan and Campbelltown.

“A much better integrated planning solution would see the electrification of the line south of Macarthur and commencing the first stage of the Maldon-Dombarton Corridor through to the Wilton Priority Growth Area to provide passenger rail services for the 50,000 to 70,000 people of this new community,” the report stated.

The developers have previously told the Macarthur Chronicle they intended to create a job in Wilton for each home in the precinct.

A Planning and Environment Department spokesman said funding was not allocated to heavy rail projects and future plans for rail would come from Transport NSW.

“The proposed Special Infrastructure Contribution scheme does not include funding for a police station following advice from NSW Police,” he said.

“SIC funding will be used to acquire a site and NSW Health will fund the capital delivery of a community health facility on the site.”