The House of Assembly will sit for the final time in the 200-year-old building in Kingstown on June 1.

After the special final sitting, Parliament will convene at the new, temporary headquarters in Calliaqua, built at a cost of over EC$4 million.

The temporary headquarters will later be converted into a students’ hostel upon completion of the new Parliament building and Hall of Justice at Beachmont, Kingstown.

The new, temporary Parliament building in Calliaqua.

In the meantime, “historically sensitive” restorative work will begin on the parliament building and court house in Kingstown.

Construction work on the new Parliament building and Hall of Justice at Beachmont is expected to commence later this year. Approximately $4.5 million dollars will be spent on advancing relocation, restoration, design and construction related to the new parliament building and court complex. (API)