Appin, NSW: Inside the planned 'city of the future' that's set to be home to thousands of new residents By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:15 BST, 30 August 2024 | Updated: 04:21 BST, 30 August 2024 e-mail View comments A tiny rural town with a population of just 3,000 people could see their population surge by more than 1,000 per cent under a mammoth housing development plan. The NSW Government wants to see 40,000 people eventually settle in the regional town of Appin, located about 70km southwest of Sydney 's CBD. Australia's new 'city of the future' being developed by Walker Corporation will be built near existing infrastructure at the 200-year-old town in the Macarthur region.
Walker will construct 13,000 homes for 40,000 residents by the conclusion of the project, which was signed off by the state's planning minister in June 2023. The government is hopeful the $13billion project will alleviate an increasingly tight housing market in Sydney as well as wider cost-of-living pressures. Walker has promised four new schools, healthcare services, parks, nearly five million squares of conservation land and a lightning-fast NBN connection.
The Wollondilly Shire Council has requested the plans include new infrastructure for the rural town such as roads and a wastewater treatment plant in the plans. 'We need to see that as part of a binding structure plan that is directly linked to the delivery of houses,' Mayor Matt Gould told 7News. Walker has promised four new .