Providing for coastal growth areas

摘要

The establishment of a new Coastal Cabinet Subcommittee was recommended in a recently released report from the NSW Standing Committee on Public Works. The standing committee also urged that report cards be adopted on the performance of regional strategies. Titled Report on infrastructure provision in coastal growth areas, the report is the culmination of a nine-month inquiry by the standing committee. The inquiry was motivated by the seachange phenomenon, where life-style changers and retirees have greatly augmented the populations of coastal communities. It has been recognised for some time that much of the coastal infrastructure in the areas favoured by seachangers is inadequate and that, in many cases, it was already inadequate before the arrival of the seachangers.