Cemetery Internal Expansion Project

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This project aims to increase burial and ash interment capacity at Bega, Bermagui, Eden and Pambula cemeteries to help meet current and future community needs.


Project type:Cemeteries
Budget:
Funded by:Bega Valley Shire Council
Project schedule:In planning
Proposed completion date:June 2028


Project Overview

Bega Valley Shire Council manages fourteen cemeteries across the shire. Demand for burial and ash interment space is increasing at Bega, Bermagui, Eden and Pambula cemeteries. This project will deliver additional capacity within the existing cemetery network.

What will the project deliver?

  • Investigation of available and unused burial plots
  • Opportunities for holders of unused reservations to voluntarily surrender interment rights
  • Design of new burial and ash interment areas
  • Construction of new plots and memorial spaces
  • Improved capacity to meet the needs of the community

Benefits to the Community

  • Optimises existing cemetery capacity by identifying unused or reclaimable burial plots and ensuring land is used efficiently
  • Expands interment options for the community through the design and construction of new burial plots and ash memorial areas
  • Helps ensure local cemeteries remain available to residents and families
  • Provides additional memorial options for ash interments.

Funding

This project will be funded by Bega Valley Shire Council.


Connection to Council's Community Strategic Plan

This project aligns with Bega Valley Shire Council Community Strategic Plan 2040 through:

  • D. Our InfrastructureStrategic objective: Our community has access to quality community assets that support health and wellbeing.
  • D.5 Strategy: Plan for, develop and maintain community facilities that encourage participation in community life.
  • The project responds to the following actions outlined in the Cemetery Strategic Plan 2020-2030
  • Action 4 – Explore the opportunity to extend the cemetery capacity within the existing network

This project aims to increase burial and ash interment capacity at Bega, Bermagui, Eden and Pambula cemeteries to help meet current and future community needs.


Project type:Cemeteries
Budget:
Funded by:Bega Valley Shire Council
Project schedule:In planning
Proposed completion date:June 2028


Project Overview

Bega Valley Shire Council manages fourteen cemeteries across the shire. Demand for burial and ash interment space is increasing at Bega, Bermagui, Eden and Pambula cemeteries. This project will deliver additional capacity within the existing cemetery network.

What will the project deliver?

  • Investigation of available and unused burial plots
  • Opportunities for holders of unused reservations to voluntarily surrender interment rights
  • Design of new burial and ash interment areas
  • Construction of new plots and memorial spaces
  • Improved capacity to meet the needs of the community

Benefits to the Community

  • Optimises existing cemetery capacity by identifying unused or reclaimable burial plots and ensuring land is used efficiently
  • Expands interment options for the community through the design and construction of new burial plots and ash memorial areas
  • Helps ensure local cemeteries remain available to residents and families
  • Provides additional memorial options for ash interments.

Funding

This project will be funded by Bega Valley Shire Council.


Connection to Council's Community Strategic Plan

This project aligns with Bega Valley Shire Council Community Strategic Plan 2040 through:

  • D. Our InfrastructureStrategic objective: Our community has access to quality community assets that support health and wellbeing.
  • D.5 Strategy: Plan for, develop and maintain community facilities that encourage participation in community life.
  • The project responds to the following actions outlined in the Cemetery Strategic Plan 2020-2030
  • Action 4 – Explore the opportunity to extend the cemetery capacity within the existing network
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