Construction progresses at Berkeley Public Library branches

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Construction is currently underway at the city’s libraries this week as the West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library was demolished Thursday and the concrete foundation was laid in for the library’s South Branch last Friday.

The West Branch, located on University Avenue near San Pablo Avenue, will be cleared of debris from the demolition while the South Branch, located on Russell Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, will begin structural framing next week, according to Director of Library Services Donna Corbeil.

The renovations for the four branches — the West, South, North and Claremont — come as part of a $26 million improvement program that began in 2009 after Berkeley voters approved Measure FF in 2008.