The state's Treasurer is defending the time being taken to start work on the long-awaited Lower Hunter Hospital at Metford.
Land was purchased for the project back in 2011, but only $6-million was allocated in last month's state budget towards further planning, with no word yet on when construction will start.
Gladys Berejiklian says the hospital is still on the government's radar.
"We'd love to be able to deliver everything today, but it's not possible. You have to make sure you identify your priorities, provide the planning money, provide the funding and then get on and do the job, and that's exactly what we're doing", she said
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| Gladys Berejiklian |
