See how high the towers in each Suburban Rail Loop suburb will be
Allan said the planning changes would allow more homes to be built near transport and jobs to take the pressure off the outer suburbs.
“Building world-class public transport and building affordable homes around it – it just makes sense. This is the vision that the Suburban Rail Loop delivers,” she said.
The draft structure plan map for Burwood.
The $35 billion Suburban Rail Loop East project is in its early stages with major tunnelling contracts already signed and the expectation that digging will begin in 2026.
Questions remain over how a large part of the project will be funded, with the state expecting a third of its cost to be paid by the Commonwealth and another third to be raised by charges around the precincts, known as value capture.
No details have been publicly released of what value capture models will ultimately be used and how they will work, despite the project’s business case estimating some could begin to be rolled out this year.
The government says up to 70,000 new homes are planned to be built around the Suburban Rail Loop activity centres.
The draft structure plan map for Clayton.
Suburban Rail Loop Minister Harriet Shing said the government would keep working with communities and taking local feedback “every step of the way”.
“As construction at six brand new Suburban Rail Loop station sites continues, we are planning for the services, open spaces and connections that locals have told us are important to them, closer to home,” she said.
