Werribee’s Plaza Library is expected to shut its doors from late November or early December ahead of its relocation within the shopping centre’s new entertainment precinct.
During the transition, the opening hours of Werribee CBD library will be extended to 8pm Mondays to Thursdays and from 1.30 to 5pm on Sundays, according to Wyndham chief executive Kerry Thompson.
Ms Thompson is also encouraging people to visit the Wyndham Vale and Point Cook libraries and use the library service’s online resources.
The new Plaza Library will be opened on the first floor of the new precinct, which is under construction on the Derrimut Road side of the centre as part of its $370 million redevelopment.
Ms Thompson said as an existing tenant of the plaza, the centre’s owners, the Pacific Group of Companies, is obligated under a lease agreement to provide a new location for the library.
The council will contribute $260,000 for new shelving and furniture.
“The new library will be the same size as the existing library and will feature a new, quiet study room,” she said.
“It is anticipated that about 400,000 people a year will visit the new library.”
