The region is host to major employers and contains two of
Australia's most important economic gateways: Sydney Airport and
Port Botany. It is also the site of other infrastructure, which
plays a major role on a metropolitan, state and country-wide
scale, such as:
- the Sydney central business district
- major regional centres including Sutherland, Bondi Junction and
Hurstville
- vital transport corridors providing links to the Port and
Airport
- major petrochemical industries
- the nuclear research reactor at Lucas Heights
- the Universities of Sydney, New South Wales and the University
of Technology, Sydney
- major hospitals including the Prince of Wales, Royal Prince
Alfred and St Vincents.
The Sydney Desalination Plant will also be situated in our
region.
The SSROC region contains much of the land used by the CityRail
train and light rail network and is impacted on by buses and
ferries.
Iconic infrastructure in the region includes the Sydney Opera
House, Harbour Bridge and Anzac Bridge.