The island’s first crematorium is up and running after more than three decades of planning and setbacks.

The facility on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s has already undertaken more than a dozen cremations since it opened its doors at the end of April.

The state-of-the-art crematorium, which is run by Amis Memorial Chapel, will be officially opened with a ribbon cutting on June 24.

“It is very rewarding to see this facility up and running after such a long time in the making,” Martha Amis told The Royal Gazette.

“Everything has gone very well so far and we have already done more than a dozen cremations since we first opened our doors to the public.

“It is great that we were allowed to build this structure and invigorating that all our hard work has come to fruition.

“It’s important that we are able to provide the community with a service that they desire and one that is becoming more popular in Bermuda.”

The Amis Crematorium will hold an open house on June 25 between 2pm and 4pm for residents to find out more about the facility and the process of cremation.

The structure and equipment for Bermuda’s first crematorium were specially constructed in the United States and shipped to the island last year.

The retort, which is the machine that carries out the cremation, came from Florida, while the structure itself was made in Colorado.

The most recent planning application to build the crematorium was submitted in May 2015 and was the fourth time that Amis had tried to get permission to build such a facility in Bermuda.

Previously, the funeral home had proposed building a crematorium at Well Bottom in Warwick, next to its funeral home in Warwick, and most recently on Industrial Road in Southampton.

However, all three proposals were rejected by the Development Applications Board.