The WA Department of Transport has developed a Regional Freight Transport Network Plan to ensure the state has an effective freight network and that key infrastructure can continue to meet the state's freight task to 2031 and beyond.
Key infrastructure to support the export of agricultural production includes common use facilities for airports and ports, roads, and industrial land for businesses to distribute products, including facilities such as cold storage.
The WA Department of Regional Development will be undertaking a detailed evaluation of its agricultural export infrastructure supply chain to identify infrastructure constraints to the efficient operation and expansion of the WA agrifood and fibre products sector. The evaluation will include identification of:
■ supply chain infrastructure bottlenecks in moving agrifood products from farm and/ or processing/packing/storage facilities to maritime and aviation export facilities; and
■ other supply chain infrastructure bottlenecks such as industrial land, energy, water, telecommunications and technologies that could help with improved forecasting of production.
The evaluation is anticipated for completion in late 2015.