Sydney’s biggest projects that never happened
While there has been plenty of change and innovation in Sydney over the last decade, there are plenty of projects that never came to be. Here’s the Sydney transformation we never got.
The Daily Telegraph's Future Sydney: Bradfield Oration has been driving our leaders to push for a better future and ensure our position as a truly world class city since 2014. Drawing on the accomplishments of John Bradfield, the designer of our iconic Harbour Bridge, the campaign highlights what we have achieved so far and the work that needs to be done for generations to come. The 2024 Future Sydney: Bradfield Oration is proudly supported by TechnologyOne, Aqualand, John Holland, Sydney Airport, Sydney University, Sydney Water, Transurban and Western Sydney University.
While there has been plenty of change and innovation in Sydney over the last decade, there are plenty of projects that never came to be. Here’s the Sydney transformation we never got.
It has been a long road since former Premier Mike Baird first announced Australia’s own “Smithsonian” for Parramatta. See an exclusive update on where construction is up to.
Rivers and waterways winding through Western Sydney are set for a major spruce up with the Minns government to set up a taskforce to activate more public swimming spots across the city.
Sydney has become a more liveable city over the last decade and now the challenge is preventing doomerism from taking over and the population outrunning infrastructure, Tony Abbott writes.
A new government body aimed at speeding up housing development plans in NSW could be tasked with ensuring major projects don’t stall around new Metro stations and existing heavy rail.
Long dead projects could rise from the ashes to solve NSW’s housing crisis, as the state government takes on NIMBY councils unwilling to add more density. Read what it could mean.
A 14.5 per cent drop in NSW’S economic share from cruising should ring alarm bells and force the NSW Government to hasten its selection of a major new cruise terminal in Sydney Harbour.
Just five minutes after the cabin crew close the doors and cross check on passenger jets at the new Western Sydney International Airport, the plane will be in the air.
Critical details of the state government’s midsize apartment block ‘French revolution’, including how many and where they will go, can be now be revealed. Is your suburb a candidate?
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