State experts said whatever federal stimulus plan is ultimately passed by Congress, it’s expected to arrive in Wisconsin in two waves.
The leaders of Wisconsin’s new state office of recovery and reinvestment told lawmakers initial stimulus money will have to be committed to road projects and other work within six months.
“We’re going to have to figure out ways to do things at a pace that we’re not accustomed to,” UW-Madison associate chancellor Alan Fish told members of a senate committee.