The University of Akron has released its list of capital improvement projects on campus. University officials are asking the state for more than $32 million dollars over the next two years and an additional $60 million to help pay for projects from 2018 to 2022.
One of their main priorities is to keep all the lights on, according to UA Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Nathan Mortimer.
"Our number one priority is our infrastructure on our electric. We've got a single loop infrastructure right now and we're trying to go into a double loop, which means if something happens, we've got backup. Right now if it goes out, we're going to lose power for about a million square feet of our campus and that wouldn't be good for us."
Among the projects: building renovations, roof replacements, building demolitions, and repairs to sidewalks, fire alarms and elevators.