Sydney is looking at the biggest ever expansion of its central business district with a multi-billion dollar project to build a forest of skyscrapers on the city’s southern fringe.

Plans have been released by the New South Wales Government which involves potentially building over large tracts of Central Station, Australia’s busiest transport hub.

The government has said Central Precinct, will be a “new destination for the local, metropolitan, regional and global community”. It will “draw on the character and significant heritage within (Central) and the surrounding suburbs to foster a unique and vibrant urban place.”