Manchester officials will be joined by Friar Architects and HMB Architects, firms selected to design the new building by a town committee in August. At the time, the project was expected to be completed in late 2025. Voters have already approved up to $39 million in bonding to construct a 75,000-square-foot library at the site of the Webster Bank branch at 1041 Main St., and to make repairs to the existing Mary Cheney Library at 586 Main St. to facilitate reuse of the building. In August 2022, the Board of Directors unanimously approved sending to a referendum vote the bonding of $39 million for the plan. Voters overwhelmingly approved the measure, 11,511 to 6,670, in a November 2022 referendum.
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