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University of Minnesota asks Legislature for $200 million HEAPR, $20 million for ag research farm design
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University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham told the Senate Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 18 that the system seeks $200 million for HEAPR to address a near-$6 billion deferred maintenance backlog and $20 million to design an advanced agricultural research farm in Mower County.
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham told the Senate Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 18 that the university’s top capital priorities for 2025 are $200 million for the Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) program and $20 million to complete design work for an advanced agricultural research farm.
Cunningham said the university’s physical infrastructure is aging: the system manages roughly 30,000,000 square feet of space, about one-third of which — roughly 9,000,000 square feet — is in “poor or critical” condition. She said university building assets are valued at about $15,000,000,000 and that “our deferred maintenance backlog is nearly $6,000,000,000.”
The university said…
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