The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has given the green light to a $24-million, open water surf sports lagoon within Sydney Olympic Park.
The group behind the lagoon’s construction and operation, Sydney-based URBN Surf, lodged a State Significant Application for the project last year.
Now that approval has been granted, construction on the URBN Surf wave pool is expected to take 12 months to complete, with works scheduled to begin in the second half of 2018.
In addition to the lagoon – which will be big enough to accommodate up to 80 surfers per hour, and generate waves of up to 1.7 metres in height – the 3.2-hectare site will be used for the construction of a retail shop, café, indoor restaurant and alfresco bar, change rooms, a rental area, first aid quarters and lifeguard rooms. A two-storey surf academy with teaching and training facilities will also be built alongside the wave pool.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to give the people of western Sydney easy access to fun, healthy, outdoor recreational facilities,” says executive director of key sites and industry assessments, Anthea Sargeant, of the decision to approval URBN Surf.
