Sports facilities took another step forward in Mobile Monday, after the Mobile County Commission voted to allocate another $4 million to the Mobile County Soccer Complex.

“Two years ago, it wouldn’t have cost as much as it did today,” County Commission President Connie Hudson said. “The longer you wait for a project, regardless of market conditions, the more expensive it is to build, but we didn’t have any choice.”

Most of the money will be used to prepare the ground for “Phase 2″ of the plan, which includes construction of a championship field, an artificial turf field and parking lots. In order to make sure the ground is ready to hold bleachers, turf and other facilities, the county will have to engage in a process called “surcharging,” where certain kinds of dirt are moved in and packed enough to hold the structures.

Next month, Hudson says that the county commission will allocate more money to start the design process for “Phase 3″ of the project, which is constructing the remaining soccer fields. When it is completed, the soccer complex will contain ten fields, including the championship field.

When the complex will be completed, though, remains to be seen: Hudson introduced the idea for the soccer complex, as well as an aquatic center and water park, in 2012. The county has slowly worked to allocate money to the projects, despite political fights. Since the project isn’t funded by bond, it can only move forward as it receives more money.