Legislative panel OKs $1 billion for state facilities, including $60 million for UW-Madison

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has unanimously endorsed a $1 billion plan to build and maintain state facilities, including more than $60 million for the UW-Madison campus.

With a 16-0 vote Monday, the committee added the plan to the broader budget on which the full Legislature is expected to vote later this month.

The plan includes Gov. Scott Walker’s $792 million in recommendations for buildings and facilities projects for colleges and universities and agencies throughout state government — both new construction and remodeling and maintenance of existing buildings.

It adds $223 million for building and facilities projects, most of it at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison, Eau Claire, Platteville, Parkside and River Falls campuses.

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