Valley City   (CSi)  During a special meeting, theValley City school board  approved of a bid of close to $2 million dollars for the Hanna Field Athletic Complex.

The school board approved the bid from Peterson Companies.

Superintendent Josh Johnson says  construction of the track will begin in the spring and will be completed by mid-August of 2018.

The majority of  the project will be funded utilizing  the school district’s building fund over a 19 year period.

Meanwhile a fundraising committee is to raise $500,000 to bring the final cost of the first phase back to $1.5 million.

A contractor is to surface the track later this year, with the  bids to be let this month, and the  work completed until later this summer.