Tolls, trains, schools and hospitals are all slated for an upgrade in a cautious state budget intent on delivering services in rocky economic times.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will deliver his fourth, and potentially last, budget on Tuesday ahead of the March 2027 election.
"We're determined to use Tuesday's budget to build a state working families can afford," he told reporters on Monday.
"We understand that people are under such pressure ... they expect us to provide help for today but to build for tomorrow."
Rising interest rates, a stalled property market and the fallout from the war in the Middle East have further slowed an already sluggish Australian economy.
The treasurer wants to keep a tight grip on the purse strings, touting the mantra of "relief and reform", but the opposition says it is too timid and vision is needed.
