300 CONSTRUCTION JOBS
THE former federal government’s quarantine station at Eastern Creek will be transformed in a state-of-the-art 22-hectare, $220 million industrial estate with over 120,000 square metres of floor space. The Calibre Estate project, in Wallgrove Road, could generate approximately 300 construction jobs and has the potential to employ 700 full time employees once operational.
SAFARI EXPERIENCE AT ZOO
ABOUT 500 animals at the proposed $36 million Sydney Zoo, to be built within the Western Sydney Parklands, are expected to attract some 800,000 visitors annually to the 16.5-hectare site when it opens in 2017. It promises to give them a “safari” experience.
FAST RAIL OPINION
Airport rail must connect the West
By Penrith Mayor Cr Karen McKeown
LAST Friday Parramatta Council and the Sydney Business Chamber will unveil plans for a new fast rail connection between Sydney, Parramatta and Badgerys Creek Airport.
