A planning application for the Haut du Mont site is due to be submitted early next year, the Housing Minister has said.
Deputy Sam Mézec said that bereaved families and displaced residents had contributed to the “ongoing process” to decide what to do with the area, and had been “kept updated throughout”.
It has almost been two years since the Pier Road explosion, which claimed the lives of ten Islanders in December 2022.
Residents Peter Bowler (72), Raymie Brown (71), Romeu and Louise De Almeida (67 and 64 years), Derek and Sylvia Ellis (61 and 73 years), Ken and Jane Ralph (72 and 71 years) and 63-year-old Billy Marsden died in the blast.
Kathy McGinness (73), who lived in an adjacent block at Haut de Mont, was injured as a result of the explosion and died at the Hospital on Christmas Day that year.
More than 40 Islanders were also forced to leave their homes due to damage caused by the blast.
In September, an order was signed allowing for the demolition of the most severely damaged blocks of flats left standing.
In a recent written question, St Helier South Deputy David Warr asked Deputy Mézec if progress had been made regarding the future of the Haut du Mont site, and whether the work had included engagement with bereaved families and displaced residents.
Deputy Mézec answered: “Work is progressing towards the finalisation of plans, which are due to be submitted as a planning application early next year.”
He continued: “Engagement has taken place with bereaved families and displaced residents, all of whom have been kept updated throughout and have contributed their thoughts and opinions to the ongoing process.”
