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Luke Costin

Metro breakthrough, station housing plans set down

Tunnel borers have carved through 1.2m tonnes of dirt on their way from Rozelle to Burwood North. (HANDOUT/AAP)

Sydneysiders now have their first look at 18 housing accelerator zones but the future for other station-centred precincts will be in limbo for many months.

A key plank of NSW's solution to the housing crisis, the transport-oriented development zones are due to bust through local council controls and deliver more than 170,000 new homes in mid-rise dwellings around train stations.

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