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Infrastructure projects include a wide range of facilities that generally support a large number of local users and include:

 Airports

 Marine facilities

 Landfills and waste disposal

 Water and waste water treatment plants

 Hospitals

Infrastructure projects are often developed as public projects that are managed by governments or government agencies but can also be privately built projects that make money from user fees or tolls. Or they can be developed as public-private partnerships (P3). Infrastructure projects have unique challenges, including managing multiple users of the facility and the potential for safety and security concerns associated with the public use of the facilities.

Sustainability can be a challenge for these projects because they will provide a public benefit for the public at large, and so project teams tend to assume that the broader and long-term benefits counterbalance the short-term construction pains. It is often assumed that public good will be sufficient to overcome the resistance of the people living closest to the facility. Developing strong sustainability programs for infrastructure can be important in avoiding a not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) response from the local community.