WATERBORO — Folks with questions about a plan to renovate the athletic fields and make other improvements at the Massabesic High School complex can get answers Wednesday at a 6:30 p.m. public hearing at the high school auditorium on West Road.

Whether to approve a $3.1 million bond for the $3.9 million overall project will be decided by voters in the six-town district June 9.

It is a scaled back plan from an earlier, more costly version rejected by voters in November.

The remaining $800,000 of the cost would come from capital funds, grants and donations.

The project includes: Resurfacing the track, which proponents say is currently not able to be used for competition due to deterioration; widening the football field to accommodate soccer, field hockey, and other field sports and adding greater assess to the lighted competition area; installing permanent bleachers; providing overdue maintenance of the tennis courts and adding bathroom and storage facilities. The prior effort that failed at the polls would have cost a total of about $6.8 million, with $4.9 million to be bonded. It was a more ambitious proposal that included new tennis courts, parking, a new maintenance facility and more.

RSU 57 educates students in Alfred, Limerick, Lyman, Newfield, Shapleigh and Waterboro.

After last November’s failed vote the School Board and administration took a step back to review the process. The Athletic Boosters then came forward to promote a revised plan, said School Board Chairman Karla Bergeron in a prior interview.

The field and other infrastructure has not had a facelift since they were constructed in the 1970s, according to Activities Director Brandon Scully.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.