A contract was approved at this week’s Pella City Council meeting to begin phase two of the Pella Sports Park project.

Assistant City Administrator Corey Goodenow tells KNIA/KRLS News the addition of two new fields and a walking trail will begin next spring. However, Goodenow says all bids came in over the projected engineer’s budget, and a 28E agreement had to be amended for the city and Fields for our Future to increase the spending threshold. The city will pay for up to $520,000 of the $1.04 million contract awarded to Joiner Construction.

The new fields should be ready for use by spring 2020, and the walking trail could be complete by the end of next summer.