Those were the words of relief from Leeton Preschool director Laura Lashbrook, who is celebrating the facility receiving $350,000 for an extension project.

Another classroom will be added at the facility, which will allow for an extra 50 children per week to attend preschool in Leeton.

"It was an absolute relief when we found out our application had been successful," Mrs Lashbrook said.

"There is no way we would have been able to do this without this funding. We just couldn't have done it.

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"I feel like I've said thank you at least 100 times since we found out we'd been successful. It's a big weight off everyone's shoulders."

The funding is thanks to the NSW government's capital works grants program, which increases the number of places in community preschools and gives families more options for early childhood education.

The Leeton Preschool has a significant waiting list, but this extension will now take the total number of places at the centre to 200 children per week.

"A lot of people do want a place at Leeton Preschool so this is really going to help with that," Mrs Lashbrook said.

"We're now in the final stages of the pre-build phase ... we did a lot of work before putting in our application for the funding in the hopes it would come through.

"Hopefully we should be able to get started on the work in the new year.

"We're not putting a timeframe on how long it will take at the moment because it can be hard to tell with these things.

"But, we've got our development application, design work has been done, so there's progress already."

NSW Nationals MLC Wes Fang visited the Leeton Preschool last week after news came through of the centre's success in gaining the money.

"It is so important for families in Leeton and other regional parts of the state to have accessible, affordable and high quality options for their child's early education," he said.

"I have been advocating directly for Leeton with the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning, Sarah Mitchell, and I am so pleased Leeton Preschool has secured this funding."

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