Defending plans to close branch
THE politician in charge of libraries in Hull has defended plans to close the Anlaby Park branch.
The library has the fifth-highest daily transaction rate of 13 branches across the city.
It also boasts fifth-highest annual footfall figure.
But Councillor Terry Geraghty claimed 12 per cent of users at the library lived in the neighbouring East Riding.
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He also said there was greater capacity to provide a wider range of council services at nearby branches, such as the Fred Moore library in Wold Road and the Gipsyville library in Hessle Road.
He said Anlaby Park offered "limited space" and required much more extensive repairs than any other branch library in the city.
He said: "OK, it is well- used and it has got a good footfall figure but 12 per cent come from the East Riding.
"Take that away and the footfall figure comes down a lot."
Cllr Geraghty said he took no pleasure in proposing a library closure.
"Even under Margaret Thatcher, I never thought we would be seeing the sort of reductions in public spending we are facing now."
Comments
by jeff_Norris
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 2:06PM
“With all the cuts imposed from central Government something has to give, It's a fact of life that the nature of these cuts will always affect someone.
It saddens me that anything has to close but statutory services and sevices vital to the health and welfare of the people of Hull must come first.
I don't think this will be the end of Government cuts, and expect the severity of the impact of the cuts to increase for the next few years, so to all the Anlaby Park residents, you may well be the first but I don't think you will be the last, It is not the council making the cuts it's the Government, it's just convenient to pass on the cuts to councils.”