Demolition work starts at the former Central Library in South Shields

Shields Gazette

Demolition work is underway at the former Central Library site in South Shields as it becomes the final site for the proposed South Tyneside College relocation.  Video credit: South Tyneside Council.

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00:00 On this site where we are at the moment, there used to be the old central library in Tarnshills

00:11 and it's being demolished. It was outdated, not fit for purpose and really we needed to

00:18 clear the site for the college relocation. The site is earmarked for student accommodation

00:25 as the students move from Westdome to the town centre, they will lose that accommodation

00:33 that they had at Westdome and so we are replacing that with accommodation block here on this

00:39 site. The proposed move is going well, we are busy assembling the sites in the town

00:47 centre that's going to be necessary for the college to build a brand new purpose built

00:53 college that will be superb. We had a consultation last year asking people what they would like

01:01 to see in the town centre and four out of five of them said it would be a good move

01:06 to bring the college into the town centre. The soft strip and the asbestos removal have

01:17 been completed and the demolition has started coming in from the car park, going down towards

01:23 the bingo hall, coming across to the overhang and then the safe removal of the basement.

01:31 The planning applications have gone in, they are being validated and hopefully we will

01:36 have a decision by the end of the year.

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