2017-2018 Budget: Old prison assessed for potential heritage site

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2017-2018 Budget: Old prison assessed for potential heritage site

Update: 7:32PM A STRUCTURAL assessment that will be conducted on the main cell block of the old Suva Prison will determine whether it can be restored and listed as a national heritage site.

And the Government has announced a budgetary allocation of $150,000 to fund this assessment.

A new initiative that has been budgeted for as well is the upgrade of public cemeteries, and additional civil works to improve drainage and ground conditions at the Nasinu Cemetery.

A total of $400,000 has been allocated for that initiative.