Construction will begin Friday on new athletic facilities, including lighted turf fields and a softball field at the Francis Walsh Intermediate School in Branford, school officials said in a release.
Town officials, including Branford First Selectman James Cosgrove, Superintendent of Schools Chris Tranberg and others will take part in a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday.
When completed, the Branford community will have two lighted synthetic multi-sport fields surrounded by a 3-lane track, a lighted softball field, accessible playground, basketball court, and a building with accessible restrooms, storage space, and water bottle filling stations, the town said in a release. Construction of the fields and facilities at Walsh will be performed Giordano Construction Company, a town firm.