I write in response to the public exhibition of proposed amendments to the City of Canada Bay Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan and the Homebush TOD Section 7.12 Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan, which were due on 19 December, 2025. I thank Council for granting us an extension.
Urban Taskforce Australia has significant concerns regarding the proposed contributions plans and their potential impacts on housing affordability and project feasibility.
Cost of projects
The two contributions plans collectively call for the development sector to fund the majority of $743,715,192 in infrastructure across the Canada Bay Council area:
- $540,583,809 for the LGA-wide contributions plan; and
$203,131,381 for Canada Bay’s share of the Homebush TOD region. - On current population figures (92,255 as of 2024), this equates to approximately $8,062 per resident in infrastructure expenditure, which seems excessive for a region that is only 19.82 km2 in area.
The funding is intended to cover two infrastructure laundry lists, passing the bill largely to the development community and to future homebuyers. The work program covers a broad range of initiatives but gives no rational as to the need and benefit that these projects might address.
Projects in these lists are relatively undefined and appear to be duplicative in some cases. They give readers only a very high-level description without providing any specific detail about what is intended.
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