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Newark Free Library project on schedule and on budget, county says
Summary
Public Works General Manager Cleon Cawley told the committee the new 40,000-square-foot Newark Free Library is on track for substantial completion April 2 and final completion July 26, with a project budget of $44.4 million.
Cleon Cawley, General Manager for Public Works, updated the committee on construction of the new Newark Free Library, a two-story, 40,000-square-foot building at Main Street and Library Avenue.
"The library will have two stories," Cawley said, and listed intended amenities including a performance space, a Lehi room, a gaming room, a green roof and solar panels. He also said the project will include New Castle County's first automated materials-handling system.
Cawley said underground storm and waterline work and design preparation continue and that structural steel work should begin later in the month, with a second lane closure of Library Avenue to be scheduled. He gave a current schedule of substantial completion on April 2 and final completion on July 26, and stated the project is "on time and on budget," with a budget figure of $44,400,000.
Councilmembers had no substantive questions during the update. The general manager then moved to other public-works topics on the agenda.
