Foundations for a Stronger Tomorrow outlines the state's significant infrastructure needs and priorities. It provides a long-term vision and infrastructure outlook underpinned by 6 strategic opportunities and 10 strategy objectives and is divided into broad infrastructure types categorised as 7 cross-cutting themes and 9 infrastructure sectors. It reaches across WA’s 10 regions, to identify both build and non-build solutions such as policy reforms and priority projects and programs.
Throughout the development of the Strategy and its extensive consultation process, a number of core themes were identified that underpin Infrastructure WA's (IWA) recommendations. These core themes include:
- Managing demand for infrastructure through prevention, early intervention and pricing
- Improving the quality and consistency of strategic infrastructure planning and processes
- Addressing climate change
- Implementing data sharing and other tools to support infrastructure planning and investment decision making
- Optimising the existing infrastructure asset base
- Identifying major infrastructure project and programs.