The Southern Neighbourhood forms part of the southern gateway to Sydney Olympic Park from Homebush Bay Drive. It is bounded by Sarah Durack Avenue, Australia Avenue, Shirley Strickland Avenue, and Olympic Boulevard.

This neighbourhood is the southern extension of the Urban Centre and benefits from proximity to Boundary Creek. A new pedestrian and cyclist bridge is proposed over Sarah Durack Avenue to provide convenient and safe access to the Urban Centre and the new Metro Station. Local retail uses and services will be located at the base of the bridge where pedestrian movement is greatest.

The neighbourhood will provide 720 public car parking spaces for events. It will also accommodate a freight transfer hub where deliveries will be transferred from trucks to cargo bikes for distribution throughout Sydney Olympic Park. This minimises freight vehicle movements throughout the suburb.

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a. Focus residential development within the northern part of the precinct towards Sarah Durack Avenue.

b. Provide an urban structure that prioritises active transport movement through the Southern Neighbourhood and provides direct and accessible connections to the Urban Centre and public transport.

c. Activate streets and public open spaces with retail uses and outdoor dining.

d. Provide local retail and service offerings within the Southern Neighbourhood to meet the diverse needs of local residents and workers.

e. Provide a connected network of parks and sports facilities within the Southern Neighbourhood to meet the diverse needs of local residents, workers, and visitors. Provide for the sharing of spaces by local residents and sports organisations.

f. Improve the ecology of the Boundary Creek riparian corridor in conjunction with open space opportunities.

a. Provide appropriate built form and scale along Australia Avenue to reinforce the Southern Neighbourhood as a gateway to Sydney Olympic Park from Homebush Bay Drive.

b. Protect view sharing and solar access to existing and new public open spaces, including Bicentennial Park, Boundary Creek and new public open spaces.

c. Frame new public open spaces with residential development.

d. Provide building setbacks which respond to the character of the street, align with existing development and pedestrian linkages, and allow for the retention of established trees and new tree planting.

e. Provide adequate solar access to future residential development.

a. Provide a range of public open spaces within the Southern Neighbourhood to meet the diverse needs of residents, workers and visitors.

b. Identify the optimal location of new public open spaces having regard to the surrounding land uses, access and movement, built form and environmental amenity, including sunlight access.

c. The design of new open public spaces is to maximise functionality and amenity for the intended users.

a. Improve pedestrian and cyclist connections through the Southern Neighbourhood and to the Urban Centre and Bicentennial Park.

b. Provide east-west pedestrian connections through the Southern Neighbourhood from Australia Avenue to Olympic Boulevard.

c. Create a community focus within the Southern Neighbourhood by prioritising pedestrian and cycling transport to provide direct connections to public open spaces, the school, sporting facilities and public transport.

d. Maintain Olympic Boulevard as a connector street with increased active transport.