Every day, you benefit from publicly supported infrastructure, such as transportation networks, schools, parks, libraries, police stations, firehouses, and in many cases public water and sewer. Even the fiber-optics network that allows you to access the Internet is, in part, public infrastructure.

Smart Growth directs State investment in these facilities to existing communities and areas designated by local governments for future growth. Adequate and well-maintained infrastructure in these areas is a cornerstone of Smart Growth-without it, growth will be inadvertently directed further from established communities.

MDP Tools to Support Infrastructure Planning:
2000 infrastructure survey results

MDP launches its 2004 Infrastructure Survey (Requires Login access)

Schools:
Public School Enrollment Projections, 2002 - 2011