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Capital Budget Includes $85-Mil Facility

ST. PAUL, MN-Gov. Jesse Ventura's budget is less than half the total request by state agencies and local governments. However, a joint laboratory for the state health and agriculture departments would be built here.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on January 15, 2002

ST. PAUL, MN-Gov. Jesse Ventura this week proposed an $845-million plan that covers everything from a new commuter rail line and several scientific laboratories to fixing roofs and replacing furnaces. While it is one of the largest state construction programs in Minnesota history, Ventura’s proposal is considerably less than the $2 billion state agencies and local governments requested.

Ventura emphasizes fixing up or upgrading existing facilities rather than building new ones.

St. Paul would get Ventura’s second-largest project, an $85-million joint laboratory for the state health and agriculture departments near the intersection of University Avenue and Lafayette Road. Ventura says the new labs are needed to meet his top priority, “protecting the health and safety of Minnesota citizens and state employees.”

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