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Go ahead for major refurbishment to Bury St Edmunds LibrarySuffolk County Council (14 July) approved capital funding for a major refurbishment to Bury St Edmunds Library. The library was built in the early 1980s and is very popular, attracting over 500,000 visitors a year. The refurbishment work will create an attractive, efficient modern library, a Children’s Centre and a LEAP (Learning Employment and Access) Centre to help people find the best training and learning, as well as a much improved coffee shop. The Children’s Centre and LEAP Centre will be brand new services for the town centre. Councillor Rosie Clarke, Portfolio Holder for Sport, Culture, Diversity, Health and Wellbeing, said: “I am so pleased that we have been able to prioritise the investment for this much-needed modernisation and improvement of the well-used library in Bury. This is such a good scheme, because not only do we bring the library building up to date and looking good, but we can also get a LEAP centre and Childrens Centre right in the town. Young Children should get the very best start in life, not least by getting into the habit of coming to the Library, and older children and indeed people of any age can benefit their lives enormously through all the skills and qualifications you can get through the LEAP centre. Libraries offer so much more now than just an excellent book borrowing and reference service. I do hope many, many people in Bury will now join in to help us get the best design and services in this building for years to come.” We plan for contractors to be on site in early November 2009, and for the newly refurbished library to be re-opened early in 2011. Anyone interested in the refurbishment project is invited to get involved in influencing the design and the services to be offered by taking part in the public consultation that starts in a few weeks time.
Date : 15-07-2009 |
