retail development (such as cafés and shops). User charges could be used to recover from users some of the cost of the infrastructure, maintenance or operations for these facilities. User charges for using refurbished community facilities could be considered to help fund future development. Things we considered One of the main issues we considered in responding to this need was whether to recommend using infrastructure to grow local economies and create jobs and help reverse the trend of population decline in the process, for example, by expanding the reach of the rail network. In the end we concluded that infrastructure could make only a limited contribution to promoting growth in areas where fundamental economic change is underway, such as the effect of new technologies on the labour intensity of farming. Instead, we focused on developing alternative delivery models and ongoing management and maintenance of existing infrastructure, with the aim of sustainably providing basic services. At this stage, we have recommended that state government provides additional support for upgrades to local roads over the medium to long term, even though the Commonwealth Government recently announced an extension of the Roads to Recovery program, as problems in these areas are unlikely to go away. We recognise that rural and regional councils often have vast areas of land and assets to manage, including thousands of kilometres of roads that are critical to local residents and to the movement of freight. Figure 4: Population growth in Victoria over the next 30 years is not projected to be evenly distributed across the state. Source: Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria in future 2016, and unpublished Victorian Government population projections, adapted by AECOM/PwC Timeline 2.1 Maintain adequate transport connectivity in low growth areas 2.1.1 Regional highways: 0-5 years (Planning/prioritisation or further investigation, Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.1.2 Regional coaches: 0-10 years (New or expanded asset(s), Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.1.3 On-demand transport services: 0-10 years (Changing behaviour/better use, statewide, transport) 2.1.4 Regional road maintenance: 5-30 years (Changing behaviour/better use, Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.2 Support access to services through technology in low growth areas 2.2.1 Police communications channels: 0-5 years (Changing behaviour/better use, Statewide, justice and emergency services, ICT)
retail development (such as cafés and shops). User charges could be used to recover from users some of the cost of the infrastructure, maintenance or operations for these facilities. User charges for using refurbished community facilities could be considered to help fund future development. Things we considered One of the main issues we considered in responding to this need was whether to recommend using infrastructure to grow local economies and create jobs and help reverse the trend of population decline in the process, for example, by expanding the reach of the rail network. In the end we concluded that infrastructure could make only a limited contribution to promoting growth in areas where fundamental economic change is underway, such as the effect of new technologies on the labour intensity of farming. Instead, we focused on developing alternative delivery models and ongoing management and maintenance of existing infrastructure, with the aim of sustainably providing basic services. At this stage, we have recommended that state government provides additional support for upgrades to local roads over the medium to long term, even though the Commonwealth Government recently announced an extension of the Roads to Recovery program, as problems in these areas are unlikely to go away. We recognise that rural and regional councils often have vast areas of land and assets to manage, including thousands of kilometres of roads that are critical to local residents and to the movement of freight. Figure 4: Population growth in Victoria over the next 30 years is not projected to be evenly distributed across the state. Source: Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria in future 2016, and unpublished Victorian Government population projections, adapted by AECOM/PwC Timeline 2.1 Maintain adequate transport connectivity in low growth areas 2.1.1 Regional highways: 0-5 years (Planning/prioritisation or further investigation, Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.1.2 Regional coaches: 0-10 years (New or expanded asset(s), Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.1.3 On-demand transport services: 0-10 years (Changing behaviour/better use, statewide, transport) 2.1.4 Regional road maintenance: 5-30 years (Changing behaviour/better use, Regional and rural Victoria, transport) 2.2 Support access to services through technology in low growth areas 2.2.1 Police communications channels: 0-5 years (Changing behaviour/better use, Statewide, justice and emergency services, ICT)
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