Memorial University’s associate vice president of facilities is calling the new deferred maintenance program an “impressive investment” to go towards that issue.
MUN announced the details of the program yesterday. Over eight years they will make use of $70-million from the province in debt relief on the Core Science Building.
The money will go towards things like the demolition of Coughlan College and water-proofing and other renovations to the tunnel system.
Rayna Luther says the new initiative supplements existing funding for deferred maintenance, which is about $7.5-million annually.
She believes students will be able to “see and feel” the benefits of the new program.
Luther states that the issue of deferred maintenance will never fully go away.
She says it is similar to owning a car in that every year there are new issues that come in to play. She says there will always be a number for deferred maintenance, it’s just that it will change and evolve over time.
