Lack of proper maintenance of CEMETERIES
Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery is not properly maintained. The back of the cemetary is full of dead trees that need felling and proper maintenance of old graves. It is in need of a complete clean up and proper maintenance. It also needs more taps in the Cemetary so that clean water is available. The whole Cemetery needs to be cleaned and maintained.
Mount Saint Oliver Cemetery is also in desperate need of proper maintenance. There is no tap in the Cemetery! There should be a few taps in the Cemetery for people to maintain their loved ones graves.
The pathways are a disgrace and get waterlogged in bad weather. The path to the left of the entrance gates the whole way down to the end of Mount Saint Oliver is in need of repairs and proper drainage. The corner graves are trodden over with the machinery the grave diggers use when driving around. They should not be driving over corner graves. The heavy machinery is destroying the ground/ grass / graves and they need to fix it when they drive over them. There is no need for that whatsoever. They should keep on the path and not drive over peoples graves!I t is not acceptable. Please stop this happening. Have some respect.
The fact also that certain people are still being allowed to put up massive high headstones is a disgrace. Why is the Council not able to put a stop to this? It is one law for the law abiding citizens and another law for them. Why? How many more will you allow to get away with this? Decent people do not want their loved ones beside those massive obstructive headstones / graves. I hope these concerns will be addressed?
The cleaning and maintenance of Mount Saint Lawrence and the dead trees that need removal now before it gets any worse. They make the cemetary look unsightly and more overshadowed and so dark and unwelcoming. You should be able to visit a cemetery for peace and not have to endure the smell of dead trees and moss and dirt when I go to visit my loved ones old graves. Why are the cemeteries not properly maintained? There is broken glass and dirt all over the place!
Lastly they are putting graves on top of each other. There is no space between graves especially in Mount St Lawrence - EXTENTION. How could you let that happen? People pay a lot of money for graves and this is not acceptable. We cant visit our loved ones in peace as there is no privacy because the graves are on top of each other. This has to stop. People are entitled to space and privacy to visit their loved ones after paying a fortune for the graves.