There is little coordination among public facilities and services planning, transportation planning, and land use planning.

Local comprehensive planning efforts in the region have significantly improved in the past decade, but the extension of water, sewer and road facilities and community services may expedite inefficient development when communities do not plan comprehensively.

While in some cases adequate infrastructure has kept pace with the impacts of development, long term maintenance costs for aging infrastructure make it a challenge for communities to serve existing demand while enabling economic development.