Lambton College is pushing forward with plans to build a Health Education and Sustainable Care Centre on campus.
College officials formally asked county council for $5-million over six years Wednesday.
With a quarter of the college's students enrolled in health education, President and CEO Judith Morris says there's a need for new facilities.
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They've also asked the federal and provincial governments for $10-million each.
Morris says she hopes to hear back from the upper tiers in April.
Morris says off-campus options like the Bayside Centre or the old Sarnia General Hospital are not cost effective.
Lambton County Council will make a decision on the grant request at budget deliberations March 18.