• There is a lack of access to quality and timely data about the needs, preferences and aspirations of communities to inform early infrastructure decision-making.
• It is difficult to encourage communities and people from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to participate in engagement processes.
• The need for national climate risk scenarios to be used as a foundational concept in infrastructure investment and land use settlement decisions.
• Preferences and expectations often evolve ahead of government policy and regulation and political cycles and processes, creating challenges to ensuring the changes benefits all communities.
• Reduced long-term confidence in the viability of existing infrastructure due to an increased understanding of resilience.
• Community disruption due to mandated land sales and land reservation that enables increased corridor protection.