Committee 4 Wagga (C4W) chief Chris Fitzpatrick has declared a looming one-off infrastructure bonanza will be the city’s best chance to clinch vital infrastructure, including the duplication of Gobba Bridge, a Wagga bypass and a local medical school. 

It comes after Premier Mike Baird on Thursday announced he hit the jackpot, selling a 50.4 per cent stake of NSW power distributor Ausgrid on a 99-year lease for $16.2 billion.

All told, after debt is repaid and the part-privatisation of electricity transmission company Transgrid in December is factored in, the state has amassed a $20 billion war chest. 

The government has promised it will spend $6 billion on infrastructure in the bush, even though Wagga's electricity network provider – Essential Energy – has been spared privatisation.

Mr Fitzpatrick has identified eight major projects crying out for a cash injection to guarantee the sustained success of the state’s biggest inland city.

The local lobbyist’s wishlist also includes better roads and parking throughout Wagga’s medical precinct; doubling the width of Glenfield Road including a new overpass; bigger gas and water pipelines for Bomen factories; replacing Wagga Beach Caravan park with pop-up cafes and a playground; an exhibition centre at Equex; turbocharging a new stadium at Bolton Park; and steamrolling Edward Street bottlenecks.

Mr Fitzpatrick said local residents, businesses and politicians must unite behind the same projects to maximise Wagga’s chances of a cash splash. 

“We’re not talking about maintenance of roads or anything that's the responsibility of council, this a one time offer for major projects,” Mr Fitzpatrick said.

The latest round of handouts will be over and above the $13.2 million worth of roads and bridges the state committed in June to shore up the proposed Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RIFL) Hub.

Wagga mayor Greg Conkey agreed the community will have to whittle the wishlist down to three or four projects to bolster the case for cash.

“We will stand a far better chance with a few strongly backed priorities, rather than a dozen or more,” Cr Conkey said.

Cr Conkey said Wagga had “punched above its weight” on the funding front in recent years, citing new police and ambulance stations, a new hospital and new roads for the Bomen industrial park.