Despite the economic crisis and a projected $5.7 billion state budget shortfall over the next biennium, it’s looking like the building boom on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will continue for at least the next couple years.
The Higher Education Subcommittee of the state’s Building Commission recommended last week that $580.9 million in building projects across campus move forward during the 2009-11 biennium. This action by the subcommittee is just a first step — but an important one — as the state works toward its budget.