The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has begun to explore the possibilities of expanding Le Repentir Cemetery, which is overcrowded, and is prepared to spend approximately $290 million.
On Tuesday, a team comprising Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and councillors Alfred Mentore, Sophia Whyte, Yvonne Ferguson and Gregory Fraser along with Deputy City Engineer Ron Eastman and other city officials visited a prospective site for the expansion. The site is located east of the cemetery between Mandela Avenue and Cemetery Road (east to west) and Princes and Sussex Street (north to south).
At present, the prospective site is densely occupied with overgrown weeds and according Eastman they would have to begin land clearing before they can accurately measure the land.
