First burials at new 4,000 plot Derry cemetery near Donegal border likely this year as Creggan nears capacity

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00:00members just very quickly to pick up on this um in terms of progress in terms of the the new cemetery

00:06at uh millennium members you will be aware that uh works commenced on site in march of this year

00:14and some members did avail of a site visit in july to review progress just to update members

00:20that the project will be substantially complete towards the latter part of this year with all

00:25works expected to complete fully and early to 2026 um and members uh you may wish to can consider a

00:34further site visit to review progress in advance of the works completing and just also members to

00:42update you that as you are aware uh the capacity for new openings at the current city cemetery

00:48is diminishing on a weekly basis um we believe we have potential capacity within that cemetery

00:55until approximately spring of 2026 um members uh what we are planning to to do is once the city

01:04cemetery at millennium is available to offer families the option of having relatives and

01:10terrified at millennium as a an alternative to the existing city cemetery um and to provide a bit more

01:18um choice for them so members it's just to note the contents and we're happy to invite and or organize

01:25a further um visit to the new cemetery for members as well thank you uh thank you karen uh councillor

01:33rayleigh online yeah thanks chair for bringing me in thanks to karen for that update i suppose just a

01:38few additional questions um from my point of view first of all i do think it would be useful to do

01:44an additional site visit for interested members um you know as as we approach the completion of the

01:52of the new cemetery construction but i would also ask that that type of familiarization visit be extended

01:59out to uh those uh in the uh the undertaking industry who would also want to be familiar with the sites

02:08and also if we could have any update or any information in relation to uh other transport providers

02:15the likes of trans leak the likes of taxi companies etc uh who will uh be dealing with additional uh

02:24interest from our citizens and traveling out to that location so any update on that would be appreciated

02:30and then to tag on something chair with your permission onto the item i'm conscious that

02:34there has been a resurfacing plan of work for a number of of the council cemeteries across the district

02:42so just wondering if there's any update on the resurfacing plans for some of the other cemeteries

02:47uh in our council area thanks chair yeah through you chair members certainly um engagement uh with

02:55funeral directors has been ongoing since this um project began and indeed we intend to do um very

03:02significant um work with them in terms of preparations for the new cemetery opening and indeed with uh churches

03:10etc uh in order to make sure that they're fully uh aware of uh the new cemetery and they're as ready as

03:17we are um for uh the facility opening um we have engaged with translink um and we'll engage again as

03:26we get closer with other um transport um bodies etc and it's a good point in terms of taxis as well

03:35um and i'll bring connor in in terms of the resurfacing um thanks um um members previously

03:42approved um to the capital works program one is to resurface a number of cemeteries so that includes

03:47city cemetery balayon straban and other works at my castle we have uh and the pros are in the process

03:55of putting it out to tender at the moment so hopefully that will go within the next number of weeks

03:59and obviously subject to the procurement process we will commence those works as soon as we can

04:03thank you chair thank you connor uh conjure mcginley for my good chair and uh consequently took my

04:10question from me in terms of resurfacing um but thanks for the update on that connor it has something

04:15that's raised um continuously with us specifically under in the city center in that lower portion

04:20um where it's it's in really bad condition so um we're looking forward to seeing that resurfaced and

04:25if it needs to be formally proposed i don't know if it does cairn but in terms of the site visit i was

04:29there for the last one and i wouldn't mind getting out before um it's open so if you need a proposer

04:34to get that arranged happy to do so three chair members we can organize that for members thanks

04:41alderman halsey thank you just struck me there that uh with regard to uh karen had mentioned their

04:49engagement with churches given the increasing diversity of uh population um has there been any

04:57engagement with non-christian uh religions as to their requirements when it comes to burials

05:03yeah there have been uh members and in particular we have a particular section of the the cemetery that

05:10we've worked with the muslim community on um so that will be accommodated and we've been engaging with

05:15them in relation to that thank you

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