Northern Lehigh School District has taken the next step in its quest to better its athletic field complex.

The school board on Monday approved a Due Diligence Investigation for a softball/baseball complex improvement project to be conducted by ELA Sport not to exceed $30,000.

In June, Superintendent Matthew J. Link said that the district had further locked in the cost of the potential project of the baseball/softball fields ($1,720,776) to renovate the baseball and softball complexes, an addition of concession stands and actual fencing around the field, and to actually replace the baseball field “because the drainage there is just unacceptable at this point.”

Also under new business, the board on Monday approved a Letter of Intent for McClure Company to proceed with the design study of a photovoltaic solar system project for the possibility of entering into a Power Purchase Agreement.