A series of big-ticket construction and upgrade projects may soon be in the offing for the Las Cruces campus of New Mexico State University, depending upon the results of a bond election scheduled for next week.
Altogether, NMSU is asking voters to approve a total of $51.1 million in 2022 General Obligation Bond funding.
The largest project will see $22.5 million dedicated to the replacement of the school’s 50-year-old Thomas & Brown Hall. New construction will see multi-disciplinary lab space designed to encourage both student and faculty project collaborations.
Renovations to both the Health and Social Sciences Building, as well as the O’Donnell Hall, will reconfigure spaces in those two structures, and see the creation of more smart classrooms, with $13.5 million in bond funding set for the two projects.
Exactly $10.5 million will target the Phase 3 renovation work at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s NMSU campus headquarters. The project will see the building of new office space, and comprehensive infrastructure upgrades.
Finally, bond funding to the tune of $2 million will be dedicated to the modernization and expansion of the school’s Nursing Skills and Simulation Center.
Altogether, voters in New Mexico next week will decide on just under $216 million in bond funding for a variety of higher education facility projects across the state.
By Garry Boulard
