Australian councils consistently underinvest in preventive infrastructure maintenance because the cost of deferral is invisible until it compounds into a much larger liability. IPWEA's 2025 Road Management Report found a 5% annual funding shortfall across 128 NSW councils compounds to a $3.3 billion liability over 20 years, while the national maintenance backlog exceeds $50 billion. Councils that shift from condition snapshots to condition trajectory data can time interventions before costs escalate, avoiding the liabilities building across the sector.

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