NSW minister for planning and public spaces Paul Scully and Bradfield Development Authority CEO Ken Morrison welcomed the public to Bradfield city centre’s inaugural community open day.
The sold-out free event saw 1,000 visitors to Australia’s first new city to be built in 100 years.
Bradfield is located adjacent to Western Sydney International airport, which is due to open next year.
As part of the community open day, visitors enjoyed guided tours of First Building, the Green Roof viewing platform and the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility manufacturing hall (located in First Building) .
Bradfield, set to become a vibrant, global hub driving industry, innovation, and economic development, will have something for everyone – 20,000 new jobs, 10,000 new homes, and great public spaces.
Activations on community open day included:
- Tiny Tradies: Bradfield civil works provider Western Earth Moving (local Western Sydney business) had kids pulling on the mini hi-vis and operating miniature earth moving machinery.
- Treasure hunt: Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) experts created 3D printed native animals for the kids to find and ‘tick off’ their treasure hunt passport.
- Art exhibition: Luddenham Public School, demonstrated what the future of Bradfield holds for them.
- First Building Visitor Centre: Downstairs area of First Building set up as a visitor centre to welcome business and community visitors and explain the Bradfield project.
- Dreamfields: asking the community to submit a word that encompasses their dream for Bradfield.
- Stalls included Western Sydney International Airport, Sydney Water, Metro, Transport for NSW, Liverpool, Hawkesbury and Camden Councils, Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council, Blue Mountains Tourism, entertainment and local food trucks.
BRADFIELD CITY CENTRE SNAPSHOT
- Australia’s First new city to be built in 100 years.
- Over $1 billion committed by NSW government to deliver Bradfield.
- One of the biggest economic development projects undertaken in Australia.
- Will provide over 20,000 jobs.
- Will include 10,000 new homes, minimum 10 percent affordable housing.
- Bradfield City Centre is 114 hectares, 5 times the size of Barangaroo, or about 75 percent of Sydney’s CBD.
- 37 hectares will be dedicated open space.
- 40 percent tree canopy cover will create a true parkland city.
- Will be a vibrant 24/7 city. A hub of culture, creativity and innovation.
- Future-focused industries, including advanced manufacturing, will drive innovation across the region, creating better quality, higher-paying jobs closer to home.
- Located on the doorstep of the new 24/7 Western Sydney International Airport and with more than half the world’s population just 14 hours away by air, Bradfield City Centre will also become a key destination for tourism and entertainment.
- Bradfield is one of Australia’s largest urban development projects.
