Claudia Gardner, Gleaner Writer
HANOVER:
THE HANOVER Parish Council has decided to meet with representatives of the Burnt Ground Citizens' Association in eastern Hanover, to discuss
their concerns regarding the construction of a cemetery in the community.
At a meeting of council members last Thursday, it was decided that the citizens would be facilitated at the next Planning and Environment Committee meeting on June 1.
Earlier, Councillor for the Lucea division, Audley Gilpin, charged that the issue demanded the council's attention.
"It is the council's business and we must address it, but what I am saying is that here is not the appropriate place for it to be done," he said adding that the Planning and Environment Committee would be more suitable.
LIVING UP TO RESPONSIBILITY
"We have a responsibility to these people. What is happening affects all of us," Mr. Gilpin said.
Last month, the citizens of Burnt Ground protested that the Hanover Parish Council was playing a role in approving the plan for the construction of the cemetery which is being built by Delapenha's Funeral Home.
The residents have been demanding that the Government undertake an environmental impact assessment of the site where the cemetery is being developed.
They also claim that a cemetery at that location could negatively affect the underground water system, including a nearby spring which currently supplies several Hanover communities.
