This capital budget for the upcoming 2013-2014 fiscal year beginning April 1 has been estimated at $252.8 million.

That's up $8.6 million or 3.5 per cent from the $244 million in capital spending forecast to the end of this fiscal year (March 31).

The $27.2 million for the F.H. Collins Secondary School replacement is leading the way as the single largest item in this year's capital budget, though continuation of the Whistle Bend subdivision development is not far behind.

There is $25.7 million set aside for the subdivision project: $25 million for continuing work on phases one and two, $500,000 to begin planning phases three, four and five and $165,000 to purchase a duplex lot for Habitat for Humanity Yukon.

The capital budget addresses all expenditures relating to new construction, specific projects and specific initiatives, such as the $6 million carried over to complete the construction of a new arena for Ross River, to replace the one that burned down in March 2011.

Beaver Creek is getting a new fire hall for $3.7 million and the fire marshall's office is buying a mobile training unit for $765,000.

There is, for instance, $1.1 million identified to replace the roof on the 31-year-old Porter Creek Secondary School, and another $700,000 to repair the roof on Selkirk Elementary.

Capital spending in Dawson City is falling by more than half.

It will drop from $12.2 million identified for this fiscal year down to $5.5 million, as the town's new sewage treatment system and district heating system near completion.

Haines Junction, on the other hand, is getting $4.2 million in capital funding for a new water reservoir and pump system, up from $300,000 for this fiscal year.

Watson Lake is getting a new Environment Yukon office.

A total of $50 million has been earmarked to municipal infrastructure projects.

Premier Darrell Pasloski delivered the 2013-2014 budget to the legislature this afternoon.

The premier presented total spending of $1.23 billion, with the capital representing 21 per cent of the total.

"Our government is allocating $4.35 million for rehabilitation of existing pavement on sections of the Alaska Highway totalling 10.7 kilometres with either full pavement overlay or recycling pavement into base course and resurfacing with BST,” Pasloski told the legislature.

"The Campbell Highway will be undergoing reconstruction from kilometre 10 to 90 with an allocation of $8.5 million.”

The premier mentioned the $17.5 million funded by the U.S. For the Shakwak project.

Altogether, there is $59.3 million in captial spending identified in the budget for transportation, which includes highway and airports.

Reconstruction of the Atlin Road is pencilled in for another $2.8 million.

Of the 20 individual government departments, 11 are scheduled to receive less capital funding than last year, five are getting more and four are neutral.

Construction costs associated with the Watson Lake and Dawson City hospitals, along with the new nurses residence on Hospital Road, are not shown in the capital budget, as they are project under the Yukon Hospital Corp.

Rather, the operation and maintenance portion of the 2013-2014 budget provides $27 million to be paid to the corporation to cover loan expenses related to the projects.

The 2013-2014 capital budget for larger department is as follows:

• Community Services – $93.4 million: down 13.9 per cent from the $108.5 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Highways and Public Works – $78.5 million: down 3.5 per cent from the $81.4 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Yukon Housing Corp. – $20.8 million: down 5.6 per cent from the $22 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Health and Social Services – $12.4 million: up 62 per cent from the $7.7 budgeted for this fiscal year.

(The budget for the new hospitals for Watson Lake and Dawson City are covered under the separate Yukon Hospital Corp., which is funded by the government this year under its operaton and maintenance budget.)

• Education – $34.6 million: up 245 per cent from the $10 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Justice – $3.96 million: down 5.3 per cent from the $4.2 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Tourism and Culture – $1.7 million: down 41 per cent from the $2.9 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Women's Directorate – $1.2 million: down 63.7 per cent from the $3.3 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Environment – $3.4 million: up 59.7 per cent from the $1.3 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Energy, Mines and Resources – $1.2 million: up 5.7 per cent from the $1.2 million budgeted for this fiscal year.

• Economic Development – $1 million: down 12.8 per cent from the $1.2 million budgeted for this fiscal year.