Cuts won't halt USTAR plans
The Daily Utah Chronicle
Construction on a new science and technology building on campus should continue as planned this year.
Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley City and chairman of the executive appropriations committee, said last week that construction plans for the U’s first building for the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative would have to be postponed a year or two to compensate for budget cuts during the 2009 fiscal year.
However, legislators said Wednesday they didn’t think construction would be delayed.
“We don’t perceive there will be budget cuts against the USTAR building,” said Ted McAleer, executive director of USTAR. “But we realize there’s a lot of planning by a lot of different people that could change that.”
McAleer said the Utah Legislature will use bonds instead of cash out of the $50 million general fund to pay for the first of four buildings on the northwestern side of the U’s golf course.
The U has already begun construction to lay out electrical and water pipes to make ready for expected groundbreaking on April 28.
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