Gorham voters will decide two local referendum questions on Tuesday, as well as fill three town council and two school committee seats.

Voters are being asked to approve a $750,000 measure that would add athletic fields at the middle school, and borrow $3 million to repair roads the town maintains.

For the additional fields, voter approval would not impact taxpayers. The town would kick in $550,000 from a recreational impact fee collected from residential development. The school department would add $200,000 – money left over from building the middle school, which opened in 2003.

But by Gorham’s charter, voters need to authorize spending the sum.

“We have the money in place,” said Mike Wing, a resident who spearheaded Play Gorham, a team of citizens and town officials working together for more fields.

Superintendent Ted Sharp said a professional study indicated the town needed 12 to 14 more fields. “A report last spring confirmed the field situation was woefully inadequate,” Sharp said.

If the voters approve, the new fields would be shared by schools, recreation department and community teams. “These won’t be major varsity fields,” said Sharp, who added that the recreation department would schedule use of the fields.

Plans also call for using some of the money to expand middle school parking. Tennis courts would be optional, but unlikely would be built now.

Voters will also determine whether the town borrows $3 million to fix up local roads in Gorham.

Many local collector roads are in a serious state of disrepair,” Bob Burns, Gorham’s director of public works, said Tuesday.

If voters favor the town borrowing the money at 5 percent over 20 years, the bond would generate $1,575,000 in interest. The total amount paid back would be $4,575,000.

Town Manager David Cole said recently the town budgeted $497,000 this year for road repair, up about $100,000 more than the norm.

Burns said the municipality is responsible for maintaining 151.5 miles of roads in Gorham. The total includes 139 miles of town roads and another 12.5 miles of state roads.

If the bond referendum passes, it would provide a significant amount of new funds, Cole said. The town doesn’t have a list now of which roads would be repaired, but Cole said it wouldn’t do every road.

In a crowded field, eight candidates, including three incumbents, are seeking three-year terms on the town council. In unopposed races, two candidates are running for three-year terms on the school committee and one candidate for a seat on the Portland Water District board of trustees.