Part of new national park planned for western Sydney set aside for highway

Wildlife refuge designed to offset housing developments but if road proceeds NSW government will have to offset the damage to its own offset

A portion of bushland at the site of a new western Sydney national park where koalas, bettongs and other native animals will be released is to be set aside for a future highway.

The Berejikilan government announced on the weekend that the bushland at Shanes Park in the Blacktown city council area would become one of the largest national parks in western Sydney.