10 | SPRING 2016 |
New roof up at Harold Hill Library The roof of the new Harold Hill Library is now up. To mark the milestone, library users, council officers and councillors paid the site a visit. Councillor Melvin Wallace, Cabinet Member for Culture & Community Engagement, said: “The construction of the new Harold Hill library is going really well. It demonstrates our commitment to improving facilities for local residents and we're on track to open this summer.” Janice Gooding, Senior Library Assistant, said: “It was great to see the new site and I can already envisage where things will be, it’s much bigger than the current library and I’m sure our library users will be impressed when all the work is complete.” The build began in summer last year and is based in the eastern arcade of the Hilldene shopping centre. It is considerably bigger than the existing library and provides a meeting room for library groups as well as a designated area for computers.
Pictured are Councillor Wallace with Jay Sangar from architects Lakehouse, Anthony Corke from contractors Jacobs and members of the community.
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