Two voters cast their ballot last year at Fredonia Central School.

The $8.5 million capital project for Fredonia Central School District passed Tuesday by a 297-144 vote.

“I am very excited,” Fredonia Superintendent Jeffrey Sortisio said. “I am grateful to the stakeholders, they voted for the project. The project is for the health, safety and maintenence of our facilities. So, I am excited to taking the next steps for improvements around here.”

The project is set for be for 2019 and has no local tax impact as 95 percent will be eligible for state funding.

Improvements will go towards maintenence, parking lots, athletic fields and school buildings.

For the athletic fields, there will be drainage work to eliminate flooding issues with asphalt walkways connecting the parking lots to the fields. There will also be a bathroom facility at the building.

The gymnasium will receive new bleachers in the high school and the installation of a girl’s team room, which was a Title IX issue.

At the Wheelock school, two parts of the roof will be replaced that were constructed in 1983 and 1950 (the latter received maintenance in the 1980s).

The project is projected to go out to bid near February 2019 and begin around that spring or summer.

“The next step is to work with architects for the design then submission to the state ed for their approval,” Sortisio said. “That should hopefully go pretty quickly. We are looking to start construction in the spring of 2019.”

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