Rockport to begin old library demolition Dec. 3
Weather permitting, during the week of December 3, the Town of Rockport anticipates beginning the demolition of the old Rockport Library building at 1 Limerock Sreet in anticipation of the construction of the new library in the Spring 2019.
That town anticipates that the demolition could take up to 10 days and will involve a large excavator and dump trucks at the site. Much of the work is to be done by employees of the Public Works Department.
The Central Street end of Limerock Street will be closed during this time.
According to Town Manager Rick Bates, some, but not much, of the library will get salvaged or recycled.
“Most of it is of little or no value, would cost us significantly more to salvage, than it is worth and we have no place to store anything salvaged,” he said. “The inside entry door will be salvaged for reuse in the new building, some of the outside landscaping elements will also get reused. Other than that, not much.”
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