Four neighborhood libraries in the District that were closed for reconstruction more than two years ago will not reopen until at least February 2010, according to budget documents.

Residents of Anacostia, Benning, Tenleytown and Shaw have been without local library branches since December 2004, when the facilities were shuttered for reconstruction. Despite residents’ outcry, Mayor Adrian Fenty’s proposed fiscal 2008 capital budget doesn’t schedule reopening until Feb. 28, 2010.