Construction of the Spanish Fort High School football field was put on hold earlier this week while Baldwin County Board of Education members changed plans for sewer service. School officials said there was confusion with the contractor about two different routes for the pipes.

Superintendent Faron Hollinger described the situation as an oversight in communication. “I can’t tell you where that communication ultimately broke down,” he told board members this week.

School officials said MBC Southeast was awarded a $2.5 million contract earlier this year to excavate a hill, build the football field, bleachers and rest rooms and install sewer lines. The original plans, however, did not include a lift station, which would be required to move effluent to a nearby waste treatment plant.

Board changes SFHS sewer plan