Lampeter Town Council has vowed to fight the relocation of the town’s library following a well-attended public meeting and called on residents to “work as a united front.” Ceredigion County Council will consult on plans to co-locate libraries into existing council buildings across the county after a saving was identified in this year’s budget, with the authority trying to plug a black-hole at the heart of its finances. While a council report said the plan to re-locate libraries would “free up space” and would provide a “continued sustainable library provision with reduced costs”, as the Cambrian News reported, Lampeter county councillor Ann Bowen Morgan said there were “real concerns” over the plan.
In Lampeter, the plan is to relocate the library an eight-minute walk away into the town’s Wellbeing Centre, but petitions have already been launched, collecting hundreds of signatures calling for the library to stay put in its current location near the town’s Sainsbury’s supermarket. Llanwnnen man accused of stalking Lampeter woman Fresh delivery of Norwegian boulders arrives in Aberaeron We cannot allow 'continued erosion' of care homes, says forum chair Mark Williams Volunteer appeal as library celebrates 10th anniversary Cllr Bowen Morgan, said: “We’re not happy at all with the idea in Lampeter. “The library is in the heart of the town with a large car park.
“People come to town to shop and go to the library. “If it’s moved fewer people wi.
