In 2020, work started at The Bays on this city shaping project to allow tunnel boring machines to be in the ground before the end of 2022. In March 2021, the project received its first major planning approval for the Project Concept between Westmead and the Sydney CBD and station excavation and tunnelling between Westmead and The Bays.

A subsequent planning application for major civil construction between The Bays and Sydney CBD, including station excavation and tunnelling, was submitted to the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) in 2021 and is currently under assessment.

Sydney Metro is now seeking approval for rail infrastructure, stations, precincts and operations between Westmead and the Sydney CBD.

Sydney Metro has submitted for assessment to the Department of Planning and Environment the Environmental Impact Statement for rail infrastructure, stations, precincts and operations between Westmead and the Sydney CBD.

This planning document is now on public exhibition until 4 May 2022. Anyone can make a submission, in any language, about the Environmental Impact Statement to the Department of Planning and Environment.

Future project approvals will consider areas surrounding the stations including over and/or adjacent station developments.

The community will be able to learn more and have their say at each stage of the planning process.