A CASH injection of £100K is going to Milford Library to help create areas for children and teenagers.

The boost was announced by Welsh Assembly minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas on Tuesday.

The Mercury has also learned that the county council-run library may soon be relocating to a new site in the town.

The windfall is part of £2.5m the Assembly is putting towards 16 facilities in Wales as part of it's programme of upgrading libraries.

The minister confirmed that funding available for library projects will rise to £3m during the next two years.

A county council spokesman said: "The council is looking at a number of options relating to library provision within Milford Haven.

"With this in mind and in order to satisfy the grant deadline, an application was made to CyMAL's (Welsh Museums, Archives and Libraries) capital development fund for a grant to part-fund any future developments of the library service in Milford Haven."

In addition to this development the county council is giving Neyland Library its first facelift since it opened in 1979.

Funded entirely by the county council, the initial phase of this development will cost £36k.

The refurbishment will see the Pembrokeshire county council customer service centre in High Street being transferred to the library building.

The improvements will include a brand new layout, new shelving and new facilities.

It is expected to take take between eight and ten weeks. While work is underway, the council is providing a free weekly minibus to take library members from Neyland to Milford Haven library and back.

The minibus will leave from outside Neyland Library in St Clements Road at 11 am every Thursday, and it will leave from outside Milford Haven library at 12 noon to return to Neyland.