A plan for a new soccer complex in Silver Spring moved ahead Thursday, despite a racially tinged, years-long battle over the facility.

Montgomery Planning Board members approved about $5.5 million for a new athletic field, paths, playground and landscaping at the North Four Corners Local Park at University Boulevard and Southwood Avenue.

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