New Vaudreuil-Dorion library books $7.3 million in government funding

Vaudreuil-Dorion gets $7.3 million in government funding to build new library

Local elected officials, including Mayor Guy Pilon (far right), announced plans to build a new $7.3 million library in Vaudreuil-Dorion. VALERIE PROVOST / MONwp

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Vaudreuil-Dorion is getting funding support from the federal and provincial governments to build a new library near the Vaudreuil train station.

The governments of Canada and Quebec, as well as the city of Vaudreuil-Dorion, will each invest more than $2.4 million in the project, representing a total public investment of more than $7.3 million.

Vaudreuil-Dorion announced plans last summer to build a new municipal library on Émile-Bouchard St., in an area that will also include a new city hall and aquatic centre.

The library project will see the construction of a building measuring more than 3,000 square metres. It will include a reception area and services, work rooms, social space, a section for young people, a creative laboratory and administrative spaces.

The new library should be completed by 2022.

The city had planned to enlarge the existing library, but Mayor Guy Pilon said last May that a whole new library was needed to meet the needs of the growing community. The city’s population is about 39,000, an increase from about 18,600 residents in 1995.

At Monday’s press conference to announce the federal and provincial funding, Pilon said the new library will “be a state-of-the-art library, one of the most modern in western Montérégie.”

“Diversified and attractive programming and the growth of our population are driving the ever-increasing number of visitors to our municipal library,” Pilon added.

“Today’s announcement marks the construction of a new, larger library that will provide an exciting living environment for our citizens and services that are geared to all generations.”

François-Philippe Champagne, the federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, was on hand for the announcement, along with Vaudreuil-Soulanges MP Peter Schiefke.

Marie-Claude Nichols, the Liberal MNA for Vaudreuil, and Marilyne Picard, the Coalition Avenir Québec MNA for Soulanges, and civic officials also attended.

jmeagher@postmedia.com

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