Infrastructure Strategy​

This Infrastructure Strategy identifies the significant infrastructure issues for Council and outlines our decisions relating to infrastructure over the next 30 years. It is a key part of the 2025-34 Long Term Plan.

Local council infrastructure is the foundation of a thriving community. It provides essential services, safe spaces, and opportunities that enhance daily life, foster connections, and support a sustainable future for all residents.

More and more people are wanting to call Waipā district their home. In fact, by 2034, Waipā’s population is projected to grow to 74,165 people which equates to about another 10,259 people living in our district over the life of the 2025-34 Long Term Plan (LTP).

That’s a lot of growth, and it comes with challenges. We also need to be mindful of our finances and affordability for our residents and ratepayers, now and in the future. As a result, we will focus our investment on growth for the first five years of this strategy period.

This strategy outlines how we will do that and identifies the challenges we face and how we will respond to these challenges including:

• The future delivery of water services;
• Responding to growth;
• Financial conditions and affordability;
• Responding to the backlog of renewals;
• Delivering a large capital works programme;
• Climate change;
• Responding to a changing legislative direction;
• Working in partnership.

Council's approach is to manage its infrastructure in a way that:

• Supports the delivery of Waipā’s strategic direction;
• Identifies what infrastructure is required, when it is planned to be provided, and how much it is expected to cost over a 30-year period;
• Outlines how we intend to respond to the needs of our infrastructure assets (including renewal or replacement);
• Accommodates growth or decline in demand for services; and
• Provides appropriate levels of resilience.