LUZ ZUNIGA Stoke Library is due to undergo about $700,000 of structural improvements and renewal work in the next four years, with a planned upgrade not due until after 2031. Plans to redevelop Nelson's Elma Turner Library have grabbed the headlines in recent weeks, but what about the ageing library in the suburb of Stoke? The intended life span of Stoke Library was put at "less than five years", in a building consent for remedial work on the building in 2019. Stoke Library did not feature in Nelson City Council's Long Term Plan, on which public submissions close on Wednesday, April 21. The council’s group manager community services, Andrew White, said the library was a "well-used and much-loved community facility", and the council had no plans to close it.