Work on suspected water-hit Ayrshire graves to last until winter of 2023
dailyrecord.co.ukInvestigation works at two South Ayrshire burial grounds are set to go into the winter of 2023.Council chiefs admitted this week that the projected finish line to complete both Ayr and Troon Cemeteries will be two years since the first discovery was made at the Holmston Road graveyard.Work to exhume bodies from 126 lairs at the water-ingress hit Ayr Cemetery began in August.
More than two months on, Ayrshire Live can reveal that 20 lairs have been worked on by chief exhumer Peter Mitchell and his specialist team.It is also understood that families wishing to have a reburial service for a loved one will only be able to do so on a Thursday or Friday.
Families affected by the crisis have been sent letters this week to confirm the move which is understood will stop delays to the works, with Mr Mitchell unable to work on reburial days.
It is understood that Mr Mitchell will also stop works over the Christmas period, with works set to finish just before Christmas and resume in early January.
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