Wagga's leaders are hoping to see funding for road repairs, more police and to finish the city's new cycling complex when the NSW budget is handed down on Tuesday.
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Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will hand down the 2021-22 budget much closer to its normal release period after the current financial year's budget was delayed until November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Independent Wagga MP Joe McGirr said he wanted to see money in the budget to deliver on the government's previous major pledges, as well as more more police on the city's streets.
Dr McGirr named car parks for Tumut hospital and ambulance station, funding announced already for the special activation precinct, the rebuilding of Wagga Public School and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music as promises that needed funding.
"I'd like to see some more investment in social housing, a real focus on mental health and suicide prevention and justice advocacy and domestic violence services funding needs to continue," he said.
"There's still work to be done on bushfire recovery, particularly with forestry contractors in the Snowy Valleys and I would like to see funding for implementing the Ice Inquiry and some money for demerging the councils.
"There has been some good work with the regional enforcement squad around drug disruption, so I'd like to see some additional police on the beat and additional support around tackling drug use and crime associated with that."
Wagga mayor Greg Conkey said the city had already received significant financial investment from the NSW government over the past few months.
"We did pick up $137 million a few weeks ago on top of $29 million a month or two prior to that for the special activation precinct; that isn't coming to council but it is coming to the city," he said.
"I'm fairly embarrassed to put up a wish list at all, but it would be nice to get some extra grant funding to complete our cycling complex as there are still a couple of stages that are not fully funded.
"Our roads are in desperate need of additional funding and there is a backlog for infrastructure that is aging and as we grow we need to put money aside for it."
The Wagga Multisport Cycling Complex at Pomingalarna has faced delays as its $9.2 million original budget was not enough to cover all three stages of the project.
Cr Conkey said the council had applied for federal grants to build a new pipeline from the Murrumbidgee River to secure water levels in Lake Albert, but could seek state level of other sources if that option did not work out.
"It will happen ... we're just not quite sure of the funding," he said.
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