THE start and finish dates for the Albury hospital upgrade have been pushed back. or signup to continue reading The NSW budget, handed down on Tuesday June 18, states construction will now begin in 2025 and be completed in 2030 with spending of $14 million set aside for the project in 2024-25. When the expansion of the hospital was first announced in October 2022 by then Victorian and NSW premiers, Daniel Andrews and Dominic Perrottet, it was stated that building was expected to start in 2024 and end in 2027.
The deadline for work was extended to 2028 last year before being altered again. Albury MP Justin Clancy said it was a worry that the expansion would not occur under the original timeframe. "Obviously it's got to be a real concern that the completion date has been pushed back to 2030," Mr Clancy said.
"Looking through the budget papers it appears all the hospital projects have been put back and I think that reflects the challenges that the government is facing with their budget, so it's not just Albury Wodonga Health. "Even that's (start date being relegated to 2025) a concern in terms of delays because we know with delays the longer it takes to get in and build, the more that building costs and therefore the risk is the less we're able to achieve with that build." The upgrade is valued at $538 million by the NSW government in its budget paper, but in February 2024 the project was after a blowout linked to design briefs, building costs, industrial relations changes and m.
