Infrastructure and collaboration
Planning Priority S1 (Actions 1 – 6)
Planning Priority S2 (Action 7)
Planning Priority S2 (Action 7)
- NSW Health: Planning underway for the $1.3 billion new Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. St George Hospital birthing suites and operating theatres - birthing suites ($11.5 million) complete and operational (Feb 2020). Refurbishment of operating theatres underway. Sutherland Hospital planning underway104.
- School Infrastructure NSW: 13 upgrade projects in planning or underway and two upgrades completed. Thirty schools have participated to date in the Share Our Space Program105.
- Kogarah Collaboration Area: Kogarah Collaboration Area Place Strategy approved in December 2019. The Place Strategy identifies a vision and shared objectives for the Kogarah Collaboration Area’s growth as a health and knowledge precinct and was developed in collaboration with the Commission and the Kogarah Collaboration Area Stakeholder Group106.
- ANSTO Collaboration Area: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Place Strategy published December 2019. The Place Strategy supports ANSTO’s vision for an Innovation Precinct at its Lucas Heights campus and aims to increase the number of knowledge intensive jobs within the district107.
- Bankstown CBD and Bankstown Airport Collaboration Area: Bankstown CBD and Bankstown Airport Place Strategy completed in December 2019. The Place Strategy aims to guide the area’s transition from a suburban centre to a distinctive health, academic, research and training precinct108.
- Local Infrastructure: In 2018-19 more than $50 million received from development contributions and voluntary planning agreements to help fund local roads, stormwater management and land for open space and community services and other public benefits109.