West Penn Township hopes to bid out work later this month for J.E. Morgan Memorial Park.

Supervisors announced on Monday that bids for the park will be opened when the board meets at 10 a.m. Feb. 21.

The work, to be completed before May 27, includes improvements to the existing facilities.

The project calls for construction of a pole style building, picnic pavilion, potable water well drilling and water pump installation, an ADA compliant paved parking stall, an ADA compliant paved access path and project acknowledgment sign.

The grant will pay for a new sign, playground equipment, re-skinned infield of the baseball field, an equipment shed/stand, pavilion and picnic tables.

In June, the board agreed to request information on the Morgan Park Grant from Lehigh Engineering LLC, and terminate their obligation for engineering for the DCNR Morgan Park Grant and pursue other means.

In October 2020, supervisors announced the township had obtained a $60,000 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant to further develop the park.

In April 2019, supervisors agreed to do the field.

That’s when the township submitted its application for a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant.

Supervisors said their main concern at that time was to build a good baseball and soccer field to be used by the growing youth ball leagues.

An unanticipated cost increase at that time was skinning the baseball field, which cost about $15,000 in materials alone, supervisors said.

The board also wanted to install a play area and use rubber mulch as well.

In March 2019, supervisors adopted a resolution stating that the township desires to receive a grant from DCNR for the purpose of carrying out the J.E. Morgan Memorial Park Project.

The township in 2018 received a $55,000 grant to spruce up a park, and has since renamed the former West Penn Park East after the late John E. Morgan, who died in 2001.