Greater Sydney Commission chief Lucy Turnbull released the draft Greater Sydney Region Plan during a media event in Sydney on Sunday.Credit:AAP
"Never before has planning and transport come together to actually map out a 40-year vision to make sure we grow properly in the future,"Transport Minister Andrew Constance said on Sunday,as he released a corresponding transport strategy.
Mrs Turnbull described the commission's report as a"landmark"blueprint designed to dovetail with"a once-in-a-century period of Sydney's infrastructure boom",as Sydney expanded from its current population of 4.6 million to 6 million in 20 years,to 8 million in 2056 with most of the growth taking place in the west.
"This is particularly exciting for Sydney's west,with an entirely new city to emerge west of the M7,where the new western Sydney airport and the surrounding aerotropolis will support tens of thousands of jobs."
Currently,only 39 per cent of Sydney's population can access jobs and services from their homes within 30 minutes. The government said the twin strategies would enable 70 per cent of people to access a"30-minute city"by 2056.