Plans for cuts in mobile library services will mean axeing trips to a fast-growing estate, reports the Colchester Evening Gazette.
Library bosses have also indefinitely postponed plans for a permanent libraery in High Woods, Colchester. Community services supremo Iris Pummell confirmed it would not be built, as there was no cash available.
Colchester councillor Gerard Oxford (Ind, High Woods) has said the double whammy would penalise elderly and disabled residents, and undermine work to combat illiteracy.
A number of other mobile library stops are set to go, including one at Brinkley Grove Primary School.
Brinkley Grove head teacher Gillian Jasper said: "The mobile library plays a key role in helping our children to enjoy reading and developing their reading skills. Lots of children have benefited greatly from having regular and easy access.
Mr Oxford added: "It’s very frustrating because this is only going to save them a few thousand pounds for each stop."
- Article contributed by: Mr & Mrs L.C. M, Colchester
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