PAYCE reveals masterplan for transport links, parkland, retail precinct at Melrose Park

PAYCE director Dominic Sullivan revealed a sneak peak at the masterplan for the $6 billion Melrose Park project, earmarked to see up to 7000 homes built and more than 1500 new jobs at the banks of the Parramatta River.

Exclusive artist impressions of Melrose Park by PAYCE show an integrated public transport network, open space, retail and residential precincts.

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THE VISION for the future of Greater Parramatta has been unveiled — showcasing the groundbreaking new communities that will shape our city.

Key developers, tasked with establishing new places to live and work within a 20 minute radius from the CBD, have given the Advertiser exclusive insight into their masterplans.

PAYCE director Dominic Sullivan revealed a sneak peek at the masterplan for the $6 billion Melrose Park project, earmarked to see up to 7000 homes built and more than 1500 new jobs at the banks of the Parramatta River.

An integrated public transport network is key to the success of Melrose Park.

“Melrose Park will be thousands of new dwellings, a town centre, new parks and all the infrastructure required to create a new suburb,” Mr Sullivan said.

“Partnership with local, state and federal government has led to an integrated transport system from the new suburb to the Parramatta CBD, Rydalmere IT Hub, Sydney Olympic Park and the Sydney CBD”.

Rapid public bus transit, internal bus services, cycleway, ferry services, light rail and Sydney West Metro will be included in the new transport system to “unlock new places to live across Parramatta”.

A Central Park will be at the heart of the Melrose Park residential precinct.

Mr Sullivan said more than 30,000sq m of retail commercial space will be included in the precinct alongside another 2000sq m of community centres.

Construction for stage one, including 1077 apartments across eight buildings has already commenced, while 5000 new homes across 60-70 buildings are expected to be delivered in stage two over the next 10 years.

The insight into new suburb comes as Parramatta Mayor Andrew Wilson grilled the State Government at an Urban Taskforce conference this month, calling for increased infrastructure expenditure in Western Sydney by the government.

The plan includes 30,000sq m of retail commercial space in the precinct alongside another 2000sq m of community centres.

“We as a city are being expected to pay for far too much of the infrastructure out of the development pie,” Cr Wilson said.

“(Developers) are investing hundreds of millions of dollars of their money (on infrastructure) and it is reasonable to expect that the government will invest hundreds of millions of dollars of its money.

“This is where the money needs to be spent — the beating heart of Sydney is in Parramatta and that is where the opportunity is.”

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