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Newark Library project: 40,000+ sq ft building, automated system; July 2027 completion still on track

New Castle County Public Works Committee · April 7, 2026
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Public Works reported that the Newark Library at Main Street and Library Ave will be a two-story, roughly 40,000–43,000 sq ft building with performance space, meeting rooms and New Castle County's first automated materials handling system; site work is underway and the department expects completion around July 2027.

Public Works staff updated the New Castle County Public Works Committee on April 7 about construction on the new Newark Library at Main Street and Library Avenue.

"This project is to construct a new 40,000 plus square foot library at the existing site in Newark," Cleon Cawley said as he outlined the building program. The planned two-story facility will include performance space, a room identified in the presentation as a…

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