
A proposed five-year, $3.1 billion capital plan for the UMass system was approved Sept. 19 by the Board of Trustees at its meeting in Worcester.
The plan proposes spending $1.8 billion on new construction, $1 billion on deferred maintenance, with the rest earmarked for information technology upgrades, new equipment and other improvements. Of the $3.1 billion capital plan, $1.1 billion is slated for the Amherst campus.
The plan covers 249 projects, including 10 projects totaling $43.3 million new to this year’s capital plan.