LCG set to finalize $1 million design contract for Northeast library
Lafayette Consolidated Government is preparing to take the first step in constructing the new Northeast Library at the former site of the Holy Rosary Institute.
The finalization of a $1 million contract with Dallas-based architectural firm 720design for the design and oversight of construction is up for a vote by the Professional Services Review Committee Thursday morning. The library is set to stand on five acres of Holy Rosary Institute land.
Once approved by the committee, the contract will then go to Mayor-President Monique Boulet for final approval, a process usually considered a formality.
Published:August 196:43 pm Parish approves entering lease for NE library at Holy Rosary After years of planning and political gridlock, the Lafayette Parish Council approved entering into a lease agreement to build the library.
The contract would mark the first significant expenditure from the $15 million allocated for the library by both LCG and the Lafayette Public Library System.
Boulet’s staff has estimated roughly a year from the beginning of the design process to groundbreaking on the long-awaited library. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2026, with an opening date by late 2027.
On Tuesday, the first part of the larger revitalization of the historic site will kick off, with a ribbon cutting for the Head Start program to be housed on the historic campus.
OsazuwaAkonedo
The Current
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