20-year State Infrastructure Strategy

Major infrastructure in sectors such as transport, water, electricity, health and telecommunications in NSW is essential to the state's economic growth and people's quality of life.

Providing the best solutions relies on understanding current and future challenges, being innovative and developing long-term strategies that provide the most valuable public benefits.

Infrastructure NSW (INSW) is working with the NSW Government to identify and prioritise critical public infrastructure for NSW. One of INSW's core activities is developing a 20-year State Infrastructure Strategy (SIS). It will be the first time that an integrated and long-term view of infrastructure has been delivered for NSW.

The final strategy, which will be released in the second half of 2012, will identify what infrastructure the state needs to achieve economic growth and how to activate both public and private sector resources to deliver it.

INSW will prioritise those sectors that drive productivity growth and have the greatest impact on economic growth and, ultimately, quality of life.

The strategy will go through a disciplined process that takes into account:

  • 20 year forecasts of the NSW economy.
  • Predicted population growth and demand for infrastructure and services.
  • The current state of infrastructure in NSW.
  • The State Government's long term objectives for sectors such as transport, water, electricity and telecommunications.
  • Options for demand management and other policy, pricing and regulatory reforms.
  • Investment policies and strategies to efficiently and effectively address infrastructure needs.
  • Identify funding options and financing models for combined public and private sector investment.

Each year, INSW will publish a five-year State Infrastructure Plan, which identifies priority infrastructure projects to be delivered annually.

The outcome of INSW's work will be a clear pipeline of integrated infrastructure projects and/or reforms. The strategy will guide the right investment choices at the right time to drive the continued economic growth of the economy.