The National Infrastructure Advisory Board
Demand Management & Optimising
Infrastructure Investment
Speaker: Lindsay Crossen
Chair NIAB
The National Infrastructure Advisory Board
• The National Infrastructure Unit & Advisory
Board
• Context: Direction of travel, the National
Infrastructure Plan, and the Evidence Base
• Demand Management: The Challenges
• 2014: Next Steps
Content
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The National Infrastructure Unit &
Advisory Board
• NIU was established 2009, located within Treasury.
• Work with central government, local government and private sector.
• Steered by the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.
• Focused on supporting delivery of “High performing infrastructure
supporting higher living standards”.
• Look across all the infrastructure sectors to facilitate and co-ordinate.
• Promote common understanding / consideration of future challenges.
• Work with sector experts.
• Additional focus on transport, telecommunications,
LG and Auckland.
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Context: Current direction of
travel
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New ZealandNational
Infrastructure Plan
ContextStrategicdirection
Evidence Story Response
2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2014 20152014 2015
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The 2011 National Infrastructure Plan
Vision
By 2030 New Zealand’s infrastructure is
resilient, coordinated and contributes to
economic growth and increased quality of life
Outcomes
Better use of existing
infrastructure
Better allocation of
new investment
Principles
Investment analysis Accountability/ Performance
Resilience Regulation
Funding mechanisms Coordination
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Expectations of the next Plan
1.Reinforce the current strategic direction (the vision and
outcomes)
2.Mature the debate around future needs and responses
3.Be a collective infrastructure plan by NZ Inc across the
private sector, central and local government
4.Have increased specificity about the action plan and future
investment programme required to achieve the strategic
direction
5.Be underpinned by a more robust evidence base of
future need and current performance
Focus shifting from 3 and 5 2 and 4.
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Evidence Base
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Evidence Base Overview
Resilience Assessment
10yr Capital Intentions Plan
Sector Specific Narratives
Scenario / Trend Analysis
Performance Indicators
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Summary of findings
• The overall state of New Zealand infrastructure is positive.
• New Zealand has broadly the right infrastructure, in the
right place, providing the right quality of service.
• However, there are a number of challenges ahead and
traditional systems will not be sufficient to meet these.
• It will not be possible to address these challenges with supply
side options alone; infrastructure sectors will need to
consider new ways to manage demand, deliver alternative
sources of funding, & optimise investment where it is made.
• Changes in behaviour and technology will be crucial to
delivering infrastructure services efficiently.
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Demand Management: The Challenges
• Optimising existing infrastructure for desired Levels
of Service.
• Taking a network approach to future investment
• Moving away from supply-side solutions alone by
considering new ways to manage demand
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Demand Management: Many Forms
Action to influence demand on services & assets
could include;
Education & Awareness Spatial Planning
Using Alternatives Pricing & Charging
Emerging Technology Time/Cost Incentives
• An opportunity for “demand management options”
to be more explicit in BBC process for new
infrastructure.
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2014: Next Steps
• Evidence Base Response Work
• Publishing Case Studies on
Demand Management
• Improve Industry knowledge
and awareness of demand
management potential
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We always welcome feedback. Please contact us through:
The National Infrastructure Unit
The Treasury
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington
New Zealand
www.infrastructure.govt.nz
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