A plan to improve its athletic field complex will cost Northern Lehigh School District nearly $2 million.

The school board last week unanimously agreed to award the contract submitted by the LandTek Group for baseball and softball facility improvements utilizing the Equalis Group Cooperative Purchasing contract for the amount of $1,905,700, pending legal review.

After the meeting, Superintendent Dr. Matthew J. Link said the renovations and upgrades “are coming in right where we thought they would for total scope of work.”

In February, the board approved the agreement with ELA Group Inc. to provide design, engineering, and permitting services for renovation and new construction of the district baseball and softball complex, with a basic services fee of $80,000, with an optional additional services fee of $4,500 for design of the softball outfield renovations.

It was stated at the time the total project costs, including all construction, professional services fees, contingency, and other soft costs is not to exceed $2,033,000, or at a cost not to exceed $2,170,000 with the optional softball outfield renovation as part of the final construction contract, as presented and pending legal review.