NSW government spending announcements from this year's state budget

$3.3m for major upgrades at Muswellbrook South Public School

$2m for design/construction of multi-trades workshop and storage at Scone Connected Learning Centre

$1.9m to start upgrades and refurbishments at Hunter River High

$1.6m to start upgrades and refurbishments at Irrawang High School

$59.1m for new Maitland Hospital and car park ($500m project)

$34.4m for John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct ($835m project)

$7m to start Muswellbrook Hospital stage three ($45m project)

$5.6m for planning Hunter Park sports and entertainment precinct, Broadmeadow

$24.7m for planning water pipeline between Lostock Dam and Glennies Creek Dam (includes $11.1m from the federal government)

$3.1m ($3.3m over two years) for new and upgraded social and affordable housing for Aboriginal communities in Blacksmiths, Bolton Point and Wallsend

$1m ($3m over three years) in grants for residents affected by lead pollution in Boolaroo

$50m for Special Activation Precincts in Williamtown, Moree, and Snowy Mountains

$4.9m for Madoo Museum Cultural Hub in Cessnock ($6.3m project)

$2.5m for new Singleton Police Station ($12m project)

$2m for Newcastle Police Station upgrade ($6.5m project)

$29m to finish planning/early construction Newcastle Inner-City Bypass

$28.1m for planning M1 extension, Raymond Terrace to Hexham

$26.2m to start New England Highway upgrade from Belford to Golden Highway

$25m for Dungog Shire road upgrades

$14.1m for planning/pre-construction Muswellbrook bypass

$14m for planning/pre-construction Singleton Bypass ($700m state and federal project)

$7.5m for Nelson Bay Road upgrades

$5.2m over two years on Testers Hollow, Cessnock Road ($17m state and federal project)

$2.9m ($10.9m over four years) on Hillsborough Road upgrade ($35m stage one)

$2.3m on planning for commuter car parks at Morisset, Fassifern and Cardiff train stations

$12.1m planning and preservation of Lower Hunter Freight Corridor, Hexham to Fassifern

$45m ($298m over four years) on fast rail planning for Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, South Coast, Central West

$345m new Mariyung train fleet serving Sydney, Newcastle, Blue Mountains, South Coast

$5m for Raymond Terrace Road/Government Road intersection, Thornton

$4.4m for Birubi Point Aboriginal Place tourism transport interchange

$3.6m Cessnock Airport upgrade

Sources: NSW Budget Paper #3, budget "Regional NSW" paper, John Barilaro press release "NSW government delivering safety and stability for the mining sector"

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