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March 11, 2010, 12:14 PM ET
Design and Environmental Issues Delay 2 Projects at U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Progress on two building projects at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has slowed amid disagreements over their siting.
University officials want to move the School of Freshwater Sciences, which is now housed in the Great Lakes Water Institute. They had once considered expanding the school on that site, near Lake Michigan. But the chancellor, Carlos Santiago, points out that it is also next to giant coal-storage piles, which makes raising money for an expansion difficult.
Administrators would like to see the school moved to the Reed Street Yards, a planned redevelopment of a former industrial site. But faculty members and scientists say the location would obstruct the school's research ship, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Both sides hope to resolve the debate soon.
Meanwhile, the university has redesigned its plans for a new engineering campus, in response to environmentalists' concerns. The site is part of a migratory path for monarch butterflies. County officials, however, want more details about the plan.
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