The new 3,200-seat amphitheater in Stockbridge is expected to be completed before the start of the summer.

An update on the project was given at the City Council’s February 8 regular meeting, including a video of the recent progress on construction of the facility, and it was noted that the projected completion is near the end of May. The council approved a $2,371,922 change order related to the project, which is being funded ultimately by SPLOST revenue. That vote was unanimous. A report on the change order indicated that it is earmarked for parking and landscape features.

In other business, the council voted separately on several measures that will allow millions of dollars for various capital projects to be bonded for development in the city. Among those is the approval of $3 million in bonds for initial costs related to the startup of a city police department. Stockbridge is currently the only one of Henry County’s four cities without its own police force.

A $7 million bond issued for the amphitheater project, of which all or part will be paid off with SPLOST revenue, was approved along with bonding initiatives related to the city’s proposed cultural arts center and a trails project.