'The new San Carlos Library is one of those long-planned projects that should have been done yesterday,' Mayor Todd Gloria said.
SAN DIEGO - San Diego officials Saturday announced the purchase of the parking lot at Golfcrest Drive and Jackson Drive adjacent to the San Carlos Branch Library, which they're calling a major step in the process of constructing a new, larger library at the site.
The purchase was decades in the making. At one time, the parking lot was an Arco gas station. Once the lot became vacant, it was envisioned as an expansion opportunity for the current branch. Last year, after advocacy from Campillo and extensive coordination between the city and the consultant working to remove the site contamination, the San Diego Water Quality Control Board finally recommended that the case be closed and the project cleared for further development, San Diego officials said in a statement.
"... It's time now to push this project over the finish line and close the funding gap so that construction can begin, and ultimately, the community gets a new library sooner," he added.
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