The construction contract for Escambia's newest public library has been awarded. The video above presents a virtual rendering of what this library (which will be located on Mobile Hwy directly across the street from Bellview Elementary School) will look like upon completion. This Bellview library, which will be the first public library constructed and located in Escambia County's District 1, will be completed in one year-----in March of 2022. This is a little over one year behind our initial projections of completion in 2021---due to the fact that the addition of extra, necessary parking spaces called for the design of an engineered retention pond, which in turn required engineering, plans, and permitting--all of which took an extended period of time to complete due to numerous factors not the least of which was the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
Thankfully--the above work has all been completed now; initial sitework is underway, temporary power has been installed, and groundbreaking is imminent. This previous post from January of 2020 shows a rendering of how the new library will lay on the property (albeit it will now have more parking and a storm retention pond on the property).
See the lists of the materials costs totaling $3.8 Million, and the latest, revised construction timeline, below:
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