local - 2026-05-21

Council Calls on NSW Government for Major Transport Investment as Northern Beaches Population Grows

From a possible Metro rail to Dee Why and Brookvale to urgent road upgrades on Mona Vale Road, Northern Beaches Council is pushing the NSW Government for a comprehensive transport investment plan to keep pace with rapid housing growth

Northern Beaches Council has put the NSW Government on notice: the region's transport infrastructure must be upgraded before, not after, thousands of new homes are built. In a strongly worded position paper adopted at a recent council meeting, elected representatives outlined a suite of transport improvements they say are essential to maintaining liveability across the Northern Beaches as the area's population continues to grow.

Northern Beaches Council has put the NSW Government on notice: the region's transport infrastructure must be upgraded before, not after, thousands of new homes are built. In a strongly worded position paper adopted at a recent council meeting, elected representatives outlined a suite of transport improvements they say are essential to maintaining liveability across the Northern Beaches as the area's population continues to grow. The Council's concerns centre on the cumulative pressure that housing targets are placing on an already stretched road and public transport network. With the NSW Government's housing policies directing significant residential development to the Northern Beaches, councillors argue that the State cannot expect communities to absorb new density without a corresponding commitment to infrastructure. At the heart of the Council's transport wish list is a call for a feasibility study into extending Sydney's Metro network to Dee Why and Brookvale — a move that would provide a fast, high-capacity public transport link to the northern suburbs for the first time. While no such extension is currently planned, Council believes the scale of planned housing growth...