CRANBERRY TWP — The township supervisors Thursday night gave final approval to the proposed UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

Representatives from UPMC and its architectural and engineering firms attended the meeting and briefed township officials on more detailed plans concerning the building.

Structured after the Pittsburgh Steelers/UPMC Sports Performance Complex in Pittsburgh, the proposed structure in Cranberry Township would contain two ice rinks for the Penguins and a medical office building for UPMC.

Updated plans call for the two ice rinks to be stationed on the northern side of the 183,000-square-foot building, along with a 50-space private parking lot for Penguins’ players and team officials.

The complex will be situated near the intersection of Interstate 79 and Route 228.

The rinks, which will be open for public events when not being used by the Penguins, also will include a private entrance for team officials and players that will be surrounded by a 7-foot high fence for security and privacy reasons.

The medical offices will adjoin the rinks but will take up two stories as opposed to the one-story ice rinks.

There will be a small park outside of the complex, near the entrance to the ice rinks, and the property also will feature a roundabout for traffic and bicycles complete with a large pond and other landscaping amenities.

Officials estimated last year that the project would cost around $70 million and would open sometime in 2015.

Joe Venture, an engineer with a Pittsburgh firm working on the project, said officials on both sides of the project are pleased with the progress and happy with the lack of red tape.

“The township has been extremely responsive and accommodating from day one of this entire process,” he said.

Ron Henshaw, the township’s director of community development, said after the meeting that there still might be “minor tweaks” to plans in the permitting process.

However, he said it likely won’t be long until real work begins at the site.

“It really could happen soon,” he said.