Installation of artificial turf at the main stadium field at Lake Travis High School began in May as the school uses undesignated 2006 bond interest funds to improve various athletic facilities.
The $2 million project, which was approved at its Jan. 26 regular meeting, also includes improved seating and drainage at the high school tennis courts, upgraded field lighting and new bleacher seats at the school's baseball field and some other minor projects.
The money comes from Lake Travis ISD's remaining interest earnings from the district's 2006 bond program.
"It is imperative that we make a clear distinction between our recently approved 2011 bond referendum and the 2006 bond program," LTISD Superintendent Dr. Brad Lancaster said in a news release. "These interest earnings are the result of a favorable market during the first few years of the 2006 bond program, when rates of return were between 4 percent and 5 percent. The 2011 bond is a completely separate package."
