Politics & Government
St. Louis County Library Renovations Slated for 2014
Taxes generated by the new property tax will fund several upgrades, including new buildings and other renovations for some South County library branches.
Last month a majority of St. Louis County voters said yes to Prop L, but it will be a while before they see upgrades to library infrastructure, Suburban Journals reports.
The library board will spend the majority of 2013 planning for renovations outlined in their master plan, but the library won't see money generated by the new tax until 2014, according to the report.
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The master plan proposes $76.9 million in construction of new libraries, $12.7 million in existing building renovations, and another $9 million in upgrades. In the South County area, new library buildings are recommended to replace the existing the Tesson Ferry Branch library, 9920 Lin Ferry Drive., and the Meramec Valley Branch, 625 New Smizer Mill Rd., Fenton. A variety of upgrades are proposed for the Oak Bend and Cliff Cave branches. Read more on Patch:
- Proposition L Election Results 2012
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