An $80 million contributions plan will focus on the provision of essential community infrastructure throughout Wollondilly.
Wilton and Appin growth areas have not been included as part of the plan adopted by council last week.
The money will go towards infrastructure for transport, open space and community facilities across Wollondilly, from Warragamba to Bargo.
This will include important road and intersection upgrades, five kilometres of bicycle share paths, contributions towards library services, and nine hectares of park improvements and projects at each of the area’s 13 sports grounds.
“Our goal is to have healthy, thriving and connected communities with all the infrastructure in place to support them, right across the Shire,’’ says Mayor Matt Gould.
“With the housing growth we are experiencing, we want to make sure that developers are contributing financially and paying their share for the essential local infrastructure our community needs.”
A local contributions plan is part of a framework to ensure that developers provide financial contributions to support the delivery of essential infrastructure to help meet community needs due to new housing growth.
In accordance with legislation, the Shire Contributions Plan has been prepared to help deliver infrastructure items within Wollondilly (excluding the growth areas mentioned above), that connect to current and planned development over the next 10 years.
The proposed contribution levies are capped at $20,000 per lot.
Outside of the growth areas, the 2025 population of Wollondilly is now 53,000 people in over 17,000 dwellings – an increase of about 2,800 dwellings since 2016.
Another 1,450 dwellings are expected to be built in the Shire’s towns and villages by 2036.
The plan will replace part A of the previous Wollondilly Shire Contributions Plan 2020, and is a separate plan to the growth area plans for Appin and Wilton.