Building work will bring intermittent noise outside Beeston Library on Foster Avenue from Tuesday 14 July to Friday 17 July, with the disturbance starting as early as 8am each day. The library will stay open as usual throughout the project, and Inspire has apologised for any inconvenience.
Inspire, the charitable community benefit society that has run the county’s library services since taking over from Nottinghamshire County Council in 2016, confirmed the schedule on its service disruptions page. The warning covers four mornings next week, and the organisation has said noise levels may rise intermittently while crews carry out the external work.
The 1930s building was transformed by a £1 million refurbishment completed in August 2017, delivered by Arc Partnership with council funding. That 11-month overhaul added a discovery room for children, a multi-functional meeting room and a new entrance, roof, windows, lighting, flooring, shelving and heating. Visitor numbers later climbed 30 per cent and new memberships jumped 71 per cent. The current project appears to be routine maintenance rather than another major upgrade.
Beeston Library operates as one of four flagship branches in Nottinghamshire and now carries more than 10,000 new books. Residents who want to avoid the noise can still use the building; staff will be on hand as normal throughout the works.
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