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Current at: 11 August 2010

Government infrastructure investment

  • HIA advocates the provision of infrastructure to meet community needs and expectations.
  • Infrastructure provision should be planned, developed, and implemented in a coordinated manner by all levels of government, state, regional and local.
  • Infrastructure provision and funding must have a minimal impact on affordability of new housing.
  • As beneficiaries of the provision of new infrastructure the whole community should share the cost of that benefit, by way of any or a combination of the following mechanisms:
    o Government borrowings
    o Public subscribed infrastructure bonds
    o Public private partnerships that demonstrate clear public interest
    o General rate levy across the whole community
  • Governments should also:
    o invest in new technology driven infrastructure and
    o lead the way by removing institutional barriers to infrastructure development.

Policy Reference:
Policy Endorsed:
Last amended:

Planning Policy 2007/03
12 May 2007 (National Policy Congress)