Council's new vision for West Dapto after 10 years of change

Kate McIlwain
Updated July 17 2018 - 6:31pm, first published 6:30pm
Full steam ahead: A decade after the first West Dapto vision was released, the landscape in the former rural area has changed dramatically prompting a policy shift from Wollongong council.
Full steam ahead: A decade after the first West Dapto vision was released, the landscape in the former rural area has changed dramatically prompting a policy shift from Wollongong council.

Ten years ago, when Wollongong City Council adopted its vision to turn West Dapto into one of the state’s largest housing release areas, the Fowlers Road bridge was a pipe dream.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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