Revealed: Where NSW is spending big on infrastructure

Here’s the breakdown of what projects are receiving funding:

Roads and transport infrastructure

Over $55 billion is planned to go towards road-related infrastructure over the next four years, which includes:

• An undisclosed amount of funding is going towards the Sydney Metro City and Southwest rail, which will connect Crows Nest, Victoria Cross, Barangaroo, Martin Place, Pitt Street and Waterloo, opening in 2024
• $6.4 billion is going towards the Sydney Metro West rail, which is planned to provide an underground network between the Sydney CBD and the Greater Parramatta area, with construction starting in 2020 and an estimated completion date in the second half of the 2020s
• An undisclosed amount of funding is going towards the North South Metro Rail Link - Stage 1, which is planned to connect St Marys to the upcoming Western Sydney Aerotropolis and the Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, with completion predicted for 2026
• $695 million is going towards technology upgrades to reduce congestion
• $450 million towards 12 pinch points at intersections along major arterial roads and regional links around Sydney
• $1.3 billion towards improving the roads in Western Sydney, which includes:
  
  • $404 million towards upgrading The Northern Road between Narellan and Penrith
  • $145.3 million towards planning and preconstruction costs for the M12 Motorway
  • $561 million towards the Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1
  • $107 to the M4 Smart Motorway to improve trip reliability and road safety
• $1 billion over five years towards fixing regional bridges, which includes:
  
  • $500 million for the Fixing Country Bridges program
  • $500 million for the Fixing Local Roads program

Education infrastructure

Over $6 billion is planned to go towards school-related infrastructure over the next four years, which includes:

• $917.4 million towards building eight schools and upgrading 32 government schools, which will go to future schools or existing schools located in:
  
  • Ashtonfield
  • Belmont
  • Bungendore
  • Byron Bay
  • Coffs Harbour
  • Jerrabomberra
  • Jesmond
  • Kingscliff
  • Lake Cathie
  • Lennox Head
  • Murwillumbah
  • Newcastle East
  • Nulkaba
  • Old Bar
  • Pottsville Beach
  • Queanbeyan
  • Rutherford
  • South Nowra
  • Speers Point
  • Tamworth
  • Tweed Heads
  • Wagga Wagga
  • Wangi Wangi
  • Wauchope
  • Wollongong
  • Worrigee
  • Yass
• $500 million towards the construction, extension or upgrading of non-government schools
• $79.6 million over four years towards a new TAFE Western Sydney Construction Hub to be built near the Western Sydney Airport
• $61.7 million over four years towards constructing eight new TAFE Connected Learning Centres located in Byron Bay, Nelson Bay, Bateman’s Bay, Jindabyne, Nambucca Heads, Hay, Cobar and West Wyalong

Health infrastructure

Over $10 billion is planned to go towards health-related infrastructure over the next four years, which includes:

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