Milestones

As part of the recovery strategy, it is recommended that milestones are identified and agreed. The community should be involved in establishing these targets. Milestones provide a means of measuring progress and may assist in deciding when specific recovery activities can be scaled down.

Suggested milestones could include some of the following:

• demands on public services (including health) returned to normal levels
• utilities are fully functional
• schools are fully functional
• transport infrastructure is running normally
• local businesses are trading normally
• tourism in the area has been re-established