FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has tabled a $673.4-million capital budget for 2021-22. 

Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said Tuesday the spending package helps support economic recovery while maintaining fiscal discipline. 

Almost $308 million will be spent on maintenance and repairs to highways, roads and bridges.  

Steeves said more than $128 million is earmarked for health-care infrastructure.  

The minister said his plan maintains spending at a level the province can afford.  

Details on individual projects will be unveiled when ministers present their capital estimates in the legislature later this month.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2020.

The Canadian Press

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