Gov. Jim Doyle told reporters Friday he hopes the federal economic stimulus plan currently in the works will cover UW System building maintenance projects.
Last week, President-elect Obama met with governors and asked them to prepare lists of state projects they want to be included under such a plan.
Doyle said new building projects on campuses are often given higher priority than some necessary maintenance work.
You have these maintenance needs and then you have these new projects, and the new projects '¦ everyone really wants to move on them, but the maintenance work is all there ready to be done,"" Doyle said.
Doyle said he is waiting to see what kind of stimulus plan the Obama administration and Congress will come up with, but is hopeful it will include a ""very major investment in infrastructure.""
According to Doyle, Wisconsin could receive hundreds of millions of dollars under the plan.
