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University of Minnesota requests $200 million HEAPR, $20 million FARM and $8 million for Washington Avenue Bridge safety barriers
Summary
Vice President Alice Roberts Davis presented the University of Minnesota’s 2025 capital priorities: $200 million for HEAPR (asset preservation), $20 million to design the FARM agricultural research site, and a funding request to install suicide‑deterrent railings and lighting on the Washington Avenue Bridge, estimated at about $8 million.
Alice Roberts Davis, vice president of University Services at the University of Minnesota, told the Capital Investment Committee on April 29 that the system’s top 2025 capital priority is $200 million for HEAPR (Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement) to address critical renewal across the system, and a $20 million request to design the FARM (Future of Advanced Agricultural Research in Minnesota) project.
Roberts Davis said the university manages approximately 30,000,000 square feet of space, of which roughly 8,800,000 square feet are in poor or critical condition. With $200 million in HEAPR funding the university expects to fund more than 100…
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