Providing the infrastructure for new developments is a slow and complex process, in part due to multiple service providers with often conflicting incentives and funding arrangements. 8 Better collaboration and incentives across infrastructure providers is required for more efficient infrastructure planning and a better delivery of services. 6  Productivity Commission (2014). 7  Grimes and Mitchell (2015).
8  In Auckland for example, the Auckland City Council, Watercare, Vector, NZTA and developers themselves are all involved in the provision of basic infrastructure. 8  BIS central bankers’ speeches  Overall delays and uncertainties throughout the development process can have significant implications for the total cost of development and ultimately whether proposed developments proceed.