WORK to create a memorial garden at Haut du Mont remains on course for opening by the fourth anniversary of the tragic explosion.
Family members of the ten Islanders killed by the blast at the Pier Road site in December 2022 have been closely involved in the design of the public garden.
The government has said it will include paths, seating, a children’s area and “personal touches” such as favourite flowers of those who died.
Demolition was completed and the initial groundworks started earlier this year.
Enabling works are ongoing with surveyors carrying out exploratory digs to find out more about the ground underneath.
Planting is anticipated to begin in the autumn and the government is continuing to liaise with the affected families and displaced residents.
The aim is for the garden to be open by the fourth anniversary of the explosion.
Haut du Mont 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 62-year-old Billy Marsden died in the blast at Pier Road in December 2022.
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 General Hospital on Christmas Day that year.
