Shropshire Council puts forward a plan to open a new, temporary library service in Whitchurch.
Whitchurch library, which has been without a home due to the discovery crumbling concrete, could reopen in a local shopping centre.
Last year, engineers found reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the Civic Centre complex where the library was based.Shropshire Council has now put forward a plan to open a temporary library in St Mary's Arcade. More than 20 potential sites were considered during the search for a new base before the arcade - previously a Woolworths store - was identified, the council said.
Under the plan, a change of use application is being submitted for Unit C and it could be operational by the new year.Councillor Robert Macey, cabinet member for culture, said the plans were "a positive step forwards to secure a future home" for the library.Churchill's 'secret weapon' against the Nazis
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