Every lower house federal MP in the country is to be allocated $150,000 for investment in local infrastructure projects under a new "Stronger Communities" fund to be unveiled in the federal budget.

The new money - $45 million over two years - will be handed out in equal proportions and awarded to projects regarded as addressing the greatest local need and likely to provide the longest term benefit to the nearby community.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

The roll-out will be staged, but the extra activity is likely to be stimulatory especially in underperforming regional areas where under-employment is chronic.

While previous local infrastructure grants programs have favoured government electorates over those held by opposition parties – most notably the infamous Regional Partnership Program known more commonly as the "regional rorts" scheme of the previous Howard government, which drew the ire of the Audit Commission - the Stronger Communities fund is blind to political affiliation and will be dispersed equally.