Developers are building half-width streets in Western Sydney due to current planning laws, as local councils and the state government blame each other over the issues the narrow roads are creating for residents.
Bizarre planning laws are requiring developers to build “absurd” half-width streets in Western Sydney, with local councils and the state government blaming each other for allowing it.
But the laws allowing developers to build public roads around new housing projects have failed to account for situations where neighbouring landowners do not want to sell.
In one street in the suburb of Tallawong, hundreds of people living in four six-storey apartment complexes have been squeezing two-way traffic down a one-lane road for more than three years.
Warren Kirby, the Member for Riverstone, said poorly constructed government planning controls were allowing developers to build unsatisfactory communities in Sydney’s west.
Vineet Gambhir, who moved into his apartment off Ayla Street eight months ago, said trying to navigate oncoming traffic in peak hour had not been a good experience.
Adam Leto, chief executive of the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue, has called for better planning laws as the region rapidly expands.
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Bizarre planning laws are requiring developers to build “absurd” half-width streets in Western Sydney, with local councils and the state government blaming each other for allowing it.
But the laws allowing developers to build public roads around new housing projects have failed to account for situations where neighbouring landowners do not want to sell.
In one street in the suburb of Tallawong, hundreds of people living in four six-storey apartment complexes have been squeezing two-way traffic down a one-lane road for more than three years.
Warren Kirby, the Member for Riverstone, said poorly constructed government planning controls were allowing developers to build unsatisfactory communities in Sydney’s west.
Vineet Gambhir, who moved into his apartment off Ayla Street eight months ago, said trying to navigate oncoming traffic in peak hour had not been a good experience.
Adam Leto, chief executive of the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue, has called for better planning laws as the region rapidly expands.
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