17Content of 20-year State infrastructure strategy

17 Content of 20-year State infrastructure strategy

17 Content of 20-year State infrastructure strategy

(1) The 20-year State infrastructure strategy must assess the current state of infrastructure in New South Wales and the needs and strategic priorities for infrastructure in New South Wales for the next 20 years.

(2) The strategy may include the following—

(a) economic, social and environmental objectives against which the performance of the State’s infrastructure network can be assessed and benchmarked,

(b) the identification, on the basis of detailed, objective and quantitative evidence, of current land use plans and population projections, deficiencies in the State’s infrastructure and the areas in which deficiencies in the State’s infrastructure network are causing the most serious economic, social or environmental costs,

(c) an assessment of options available to deal with those identified deficiencies and to reduce those economic, social and environmental costs, including options relating to demand management and other policy, pricing and regulatory reform options,

(d) the identification of projects and policies that will best deal with those identified deficiencies and reduce those economic, social and environmental costs.

(3) Infrastructure NSW must, in preparing or reviewing the strategy, have regard to any State strategic priority of which Infrastructure NSW has been advised by the Minister.