Bennelong Bridge has facilitated the transformation of two former industrial precincts on the banks of Parramatta River and delivered the public infrastructure needed to create a sustainable residential community of more than 50,000 people within a 1 kilometre walkable radius of the Bridge. Within this 1 kilometre radius, the Bridge connects the communities to shopping, a park, child care, community centres and library, a new school (scheduled to open in 2018), and 450 hectares of public open space, as well as ferry, bus and rail services.