A central library is confirmed for Great Park, although funding is unclear

The City Council intends for Irvine to have one more library.

Councilmembers recently affirmed the city will incorporate a central library into the sprawling Great Park development first approved in 2022.

Although those blueprints reserved a site for the city to create a main library branch in the first phase of the 1,300-acre park’s development, funds for its construction were not allocated.

Plans have the library stationed in the northern section of the park, nestled between what officials envision as a botanical garden and a veteran’s memorial park .

For the city, a Great Park library has long been awaited. Consultants previously pitched design ideas to the City Council back in 2017, but those discussions gained little ground.

The Irvine Public Library system currently spans t