main State objectives have been on regional development and focusing of their State's economic activity on to their
major capital cities and ports’. Funding for transport infrastructure has been a contentious issue for a long time,
when it comes to who is responsible for paying for it. The planners consider the alignment of the transport corridor,
spacing of connections, access to properties, number of lanes, what types of transport will be catered for and
proposed travel speeds. An important characteristic of this initial step in the process is that individual corridors are
likely to be identified and proceed into more detailed analysis at different times (thereby creating a challenge in later
steps where priorities among corridors are to be determined (Carr et al, 2010).