A LONG-AWAITED extension to a town's cemetery has almost been completed.
The only thing left to do on the £188,000 extension in Northallerton is the planting and grassing of plots in the spring.
More than 8,200 tonnes of soil was brought in to raise the land to the required level and the project has been carried out for less than the original estimated cost by consultants Mouchel Parkman and contractors Houseman and Falshaw.
The Northallerton and Romanby joint burial committee said the project had been made easier because of support from residents of nearby Castle Close, and the landlady of the Oddfellow Arms, Jenny Hollas.
The extension is now open to the public and a service to consecrate the land is planned for the summer.
Paul Law, chairman of the burial committee, said: "Everyone who has been involved has demonstrated a real willingness to get things done.
"We have all worked together and as a community have made this a great achievement."
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