St Tammany Parish Library says a project to improve ADA Accessibility and expand parking at the Slidell Branch location lot is currently underway.
The project, announced in late 2021, precedes a planned 4,500 Square-foot expansion project for the Slidell branch location, meets the parking requirements that such an expansion will require, and provides improved access to the Library on busy days.
As part of the expansion project, patrons and future patrons, are asked to offer their input on what proposed features they would like to see as part of the planned 4,500 square foot addition, expected to begin in early 2023. Everyone who visits the Slidell Branch location in the coming weeks will have the opportunity to see and hear about possible expansion options and vote for their choices by marking their favorite features on display boards. Please visit the circulation desk at the Slidell Branch location, at 555 Robert Boulevard, to get the materials needed to make your choices.
The project boards will remain open for viewing and voting through Saturday, May 14th.
The future expansion is a project identified in the St. Tammany Parish Library Capital Projects plan for renovation and preservation.
The parking lot will gain 93 additional parking spaces, retain the tree line buffer adjacent to the Forest Manor neighborhood, remove storm-vulnerable pine trees and add a mixture of 36 additional trees and 91 shrubs. In addition, the six-foot wooden fence that lines the parking lot and flanks homes in the Forest Manor neighborhood, has been replaced.
