Region. WSROC pleased with decision

The Council of Australian Government’s (COAG) Capital City Strategic Planning System could not have come at a better time, said the president, of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC), Clr Alison McLaren. The decision offered hope for the 43 per cent of Sydney’s residents living in Greater Western Sydney, on issues of transport, housing, infrastructure and urban development. Western Sydney’s $80 billion plus economy was the third largest regional economy after CBD Sydney and Melbourne. However, affordable housing, transport and infrastructure remained challenges, which contributed to social exclusion and are deterrents to raising the education and skills of the region, she said.