PROVO — BYU's iconic "Y" is looking a bit different during its renovation.
Crews are installing permanent lights, repairing erosion and repainting the 350-foot-tall block letter on Y Mountain above Brigham Young University.
The surface of the Y is being repaired with a grayish concrete called gunite. The Y will be fully repainted in its original white in about a week, said BYU spokesman Todd Hollingshead.
To carry on the tradition of lighting the Y at special events like homecoming and commencement, crews installed 183 permanent lights to outline the Y. Now, with a less intensive process to light the Y, BYU hopes to light it more frequently for other special events, Hollingshead said.