CAMPBELLTOWN Council is worried the feasibility of the South-West Growth Centre may be shaky if the proposed South-West Rail Link project is not built.
Council general manager Paul Tosi said the council was unsure how its road and public transport infrastructure would cope with the projected growth.
``Without the South-West Rail Link the circumstances relating to the development would change dramatically as more pressure would be placed on the seven railway stations in the Campbelltown local government area,'' he said.
``The east-west connections of Narellan Road, Badgally Road, Raby Road and Denham Court Road would become major priorities and the viability of the overall growth centres development may be threatened.
``The rail link is very important to Campbelltown. If it didn't go ahead, the existing road and rail links would come under far more pressure and I do not want our ratepayers paying the price for a lack of much-needed infrastructure.''
Tenders for the design-and-construct contractor for Edmondson Park and Leppington stations on the South-West Rail Link will close at the end of this month.
Tenders for the preliminary geotechnical investigation and assessment of site contamination were due in mid-September, showing all hope may not be lost for the South-West Rail Link.
The link is a proposed $1.36billion 13-kilometre twin track from from Glenfield to Leppington via Edmondson Park.
It includes two stations at Edmondson Park and Leppington, an upgrade to Glenfield Station and a train stabling facility west of Leppington.
Macquarie Fields MP Andrew McDonald confirmed the rail project was under review by Treasury before the November mini-budget. He said all major infrastructure projects were under review.
In March, after an inspection of the site, then-premier Morris Iemma said the project would give south-west residents a modern, reliable, fast and efficient rail service.
He said it was ``an example not only of getting on with the job of delivering infrastructure but staying ahead of the game, that is, delivering the infrastructure as new communities are built''.
A list of the state's priority infrastructure projects given to the federal department, Infrastructure Australia did not include the rail link.
Greens MP Lee Rhiannon called on Premier Nathan Rees to publicly back the rail link.
``If the Premier abandons or even defers the South-West Rail Link he will be demonstrating his inexperience and lack of ability to stand up to Treasury,'' she said.
``If the South-West and the North-West rail links do not go ahead the NSW Government will have abandoned 10 years of integrated planning in western Sydney for 400,000 people.''
Mr Rees said he would not rule any projects in or out.