Saxony invests 1.54 billion euros in infrastructure

The Saxon state government plans to invest a total of 1.54 billion euros in infrastructure and services of general interest by 2036. The money, which comes from the federal government's so-called special fund, is to be invested in "hospitals and university medicine, mobility, housing, hydraulic engineering, care, sport and culture", among other things, according to the Ministry of Finance in Dresden.

According to this, 254 million euros will initially be made available in the current 2025/26 biennial budget - as well as the same amount in each of the upcoming biennial budgets up to 2036. "The funds are to be used where they will have the greatest structural benefit," said Saxony's Finance Minister Christian Piwarz (CDU).

Up to one billion euros for hospitals by 2030

Initially, 99 million euros are to flow into hospital expansion and university medicine. Saxony's Health Minister Petra Köpping (SPD) declared at the beginning of February that up to one billion euros would be invested in Saxony's hospitals by 2030.

In total, Saxony will receive around 4.8 billion euros from the federal government's special fund. Around 60 percent of this - around 2.8 billion euros - will go to the municipalities. Around 483 million euros are earmarked for "particularly prominent projects in the interests of the state and local authorities" - including the state fire department and disaster control school in Nardt in eastern Saxony (Bautzen district) and support for Saxony's Olympic bid as part of Berlin's bid to host the Summer Games from 2036.