Western Sydney Residents Invited to Have Say on $5 Billion WestInvest Project

New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet addresses the media during a press conference at NSW Parliament House on March 17, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Residents of 15 Western Sydney local government areas (LGAs) have been invited to put forward their ideas on community projects they think should be funded as part of the first wave of the NSW government’s $5 billion (US$3.59 billion) WestInvest initiative.

WestInvest will see funding and delivery of transformational projects designed to enhance communities and create jobs across western and south-western Sydney, with a total of $2 billion ($1.44 billion) to be reserved for high-priority community projects and $400 million ($287 million) allocated directly to the 15 LGAs to advance local projects that are ready to commence.