State Infrastructure Strategy

This 20-year Strategy sets out Infrastructure NSW’s independent advice on the current state of NSW’s infrastructure and the needs and priorities over the next 20 years.  Building Momentum State Infrastructure Strategy 2018-2038 looks beyond the current projects and identifies policies and strategies needed to provide the infrastructure that meets the needs of a growing population and a growing economy.

View an overview of the 2018 strategy

In 2014, the NSW Premier asked Infrastructure NSW to update the 20-year strategy to guide how proceeds from the Rebuilding NSW initiative could be spent. Our recommendations to the NSW Government were accepted in full. The NSW Government published its response to our recommendations in the Rebuilding NSW – State Infrastructure Strategy 2014.

The update included 30 investment recommendations for infrastructure projects valued at a combined total of $18.9 billion — priorities that target three areas:

• Global Sydney’s competitiveness

• population and economic growth in Greater Sydney, including Parramatta and Western Sydney

• productive regional industries and connected regional communities

View an overview of the 2014 update

View the strategy in full

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• State Infrastructure Strategy Update 2014 (PDF, 15Mb - Suitable for printing and iPads)

View the strategy by section

1. Introduction (PDF, 500Kb)

2. The context (PDF, 545Kb)

3. Urban public transport (PDF, 2.6Mb)

4. Urban roads (PDF, 1.6Mb)

5. International gateways (PDF, 3.9Mb)

6. Regional Transport (PDF, 1.4Mb)

7. Water (PDF, 1.1Mb)

8. Education (PDF, 557Kb)

9. Health (PDF, 545Kb)

10. Culture, sport and the environment (PDF, 746Kb)

11. Energy (PDF, 534Kb)

12. Key themes and opportunities (PDF, 548Kb)

13. Funding recommendations (PDF, 496Kb)

14. Expert Reports (PDF, 418Kb)

View the expert reports produced in the development of the State Infrastructure Strategy Update.

In October 2012, Infrastructure NSW delivered its first 20-year State Infrastructure Strategy to the NSW Premier.This was the first ever prioritised and costed long term infrastructure strategy in NSW Government history. It focused on a vision for NSW 2032, including:

• a Global Sydney, supported by its fusion of culture and business

• a reinvented Wollongong

• a booming Newcastle

• completion of Sydney’s strategic road network

• effective public transport

• increased housing choice

• long term improvements in health.

After consideration of our advice, the NSW Government released its own 20-year State Infrastructure Strategy in December 2012. This supported, or noted, 63 of our 70 recommendations for projects and reforms.

View the strategy in full

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• State Infrastructure Strategy 2012 – interactive version (PDF, 22Mb)

• State Infrastructure Strategy 2012 – print version (PDF, 15Mb)

View the strategy by section

• Chairman's foreword, CEO's statement, Executive Summary and Principal recommendations (PDF, 470Kb)

The Context

1. Strategic framework (PDF, 581Kb)

2. Infrastructure challenges (PDF, 388Kb)

3. Global Sydney (PDF, 546Kb)

4. Greater Sydney (PDF, 3.7Mb)

5. Regional NSW (PDF, 542Kb)

The Solution

1. Urban roads (PDF, 1.1Mb)

2. Bus and light rail in Sydney (PDF, 949Kb)

3. Passenger trains (PDF, 1.2Mb)

4. International gateways (PDF, 1.2Mb)

5. Regional and interstate transport (PDF, 4.1Mb)

6. Energy (PDF, 398Kb)

7. Water infrastructure (PDF, 402Kb)

8. Health infrastructure (PDF, 641Kb)

9. Social Infrastructure (PDF, 507Kb)

10. Recommendations (PDF, 233Kb)

11. Funding and delivery (PDF, 285Kb)

12. Expert reports (PDF, 188Kb) 

View the expert reports produced in the development of the State Infrastructure Strategy.

Developed by Infrastructure NSW, the State Infrastructure Plan outlines the demand drivers and market context for the NSW Government’s infrastructure program over the next 5 years. It also provides project specific information to support transparency to industry via the Major Projects Pipeline.

The 2022-23 State Infrastructure Plan was published in June 2022 and can be viewed here.

The plan delivers on a requirement of the Infrastructure NSW Act 2011 for Infrastructure NSW to produce an annual infrastructure plan for NSW.

It provides a 5‑year plan of major infrastructure projects with regard to Staying Ahead: State Infrastructure Strategy 2022-42 and includes the NSW Government’s Major Projects Pipeline as at the release of the 2022-23 State Budget. The pipeline can also be viewed within the Major Projects Pipeline portal.

From 2019-20 to 2021-22, the State Infrastructure Plan was released in the form of the portal.

Prior to this the plans were published annually as an appendix to NSW Government budget papers and focused on the major infrastructure projects to be undertaken as a priority. These can be downloaded here:

• 2018-19 Budget Papers (Paper Number 2)
• 2017-18 Budget Papers (Paper Number 2)
• 2016-17 Budget Papers (Paper Number 2)
• 2015-16 Budget Papers (Paper Number 2)
• 2014-15 Budget Papers (Paper Number 4)
• 2013-14 Budget Papers (Paper Number 4)