Region to benefit from Sydney Aerotropolis

ONLY a half-hour drive from Queen St, Campbelltown, and Argyle St, Camden, the foundations of a 24-hour global city are beginning to take shape.

Only a half-hour from Campbelltown and Camden, the foundations of a global city is beginning to take shape.

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ONLY a half-hour drive from Queen St, Campbelltown, and Argyle St, Camden, the foundations of a 24-hour global city are beginning to take shape.

The Western Sydney Aerotropolis, a 11,200ha site encompassing the future Western Sydney Airport, is expected to deliver about 200,000 jobs and a thriving economy, powering western Sydney precincts such as the Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly local government areas (LGAs).

An artist impression of BHL's Northern Gateway City, located in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

The fruits of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis are expected to be enjoyed by the whole Macarthur region.

The fruits of the future aerotropolis may soon be enjoyed by the entire region, with the unprecedented flow-on effects of growth in infrastructure and employment opportunities.

The aerotropolis is already shaping the future of Campbelltown, with plans unveiled this year for a revived CBD and a world-class education and health precinct.

Campbelltown Mayor George Brticevic previously said the aerotropolis was one factor which had shaped the ambitious thinking.

Campbelltown Mayor George Brticevic said surrounding LGAs can accommodate what the aerotropolis can’t.

“With our massive spike in population in addition to Australia’s biggest infrastructure project — the Western Sydney Airport — a stone’s throw away, there’s a great opportunity to reshape our city and capitalise on the public and private sector interest that is happening across the region,” he said.

Campbelltown Mayor George Brticevic in front of the Western Sydney University Medical School. Picture: Angelo Velardo

Cr Brticevic told the Chronicle there was an opportunity to become a health leader in western Sydney.

“You can’t have everything in the airport precinct … so there are opportunities for LGAs which aren’t too far away,” he said.

“Campbelltown Hospital is under expansion and we are lobbying for other infrastructure in the medical field. We have a medical school, a university, a TAFE and a major regional hospital, so there is definitely an opportunity (to be a leader in health).”

Camden Council have advocated for world-class health and education facilities in the Camden LGA.

Camden LGA, which borders the aerotropolis, may also be enhanced by the future development with Camden Council advocating for a range of opportunities.

In a submission to the Department of Planning and Environment, Camden Council suggested the Camden area could accommodate world-class health and education facilities as well as a justice precinct.

Consideration was also encouraged for agribusiness opportunities and agri-port locations in the LGA.

“The provision of new health and education facilities would assist in generating economic and employment opportunities for local residents and businesses,” the submission stated.

“Council welcomes the prospect of a range of job opportunities and types of occupations which the Western Sydney Aerotropolis could bring within proximity to the Camden LGA, and within the Camden LGA itself.”

The Planning Department is considering submissions.