The company Edeis, which operates and manages the Espérance airport in Grand Case as part of a public service delegation (DSP), considers it necessary to initiate runway resurfacing work as soon as possible for safety reasons. This investment program is estimated at 9,81 million euros, of which 2 million will be financed by European funds (ERDF); the balance will be through the company's own funds and bank loans.
The latter thus asked the Collectivity to extend the duration of the DSP in order to be able to amortize this investment which was not included in the initial contract. Following mediation organized by the administrative court, the length of the extension was estimated at 4 months and 9 months, i.e. from April 2036 to December 2040.
This modification is the subject of an amendment number 2 to the DSP and was submitted in accordance with the law, to the vote of the members of the territorial council. Meeting in plenary session last Thursday, they debated for nearly two hours on the issue. The need to redo the track did not pose any difficulty, the discussions focused on conditions, particularly financial.
Jules Charville, territorial advisor of the opposition, considers that this work was provided for in the initial contract. And to quote that the said contract provided for "maintenance work". So SNC Lavalin, which signed the DSP and then Edeis, which took it over, knew that this work had to take place and should have integrated it into their development and investment plan.
For Louis Mussington, also territorial advisor of the opposition, "it is a question of granting four additional years to this company because to balance its accounts, it needs another four years".
For the president of the COM, it was a question of "a sterile debate of the why of the how". In response, Edeis officials insisted on the urgent need to redo the track for safety reasons. “If we don't do it quickly, we'll have to close the airport and we'll lay off 40 people. The DGAC (General Directorate of Civil Aviation, Editor's note) asks us ...
Regarding the major maintenance work provided for in the contract, it is not a question of resurfacing the runway but of changing the air conditioning, for example, which cost 600 euros. Resurfacing costs around 000 million, that's quite another thing, ”they explained.
They also revealed that with the Collectivity, they were working on a territorial development plan for the airport. “A clear vision of what the airport could be” will be released by the summer.
Asked for advice, the CESC is surprised that the resurfacing, which must take place every 15 years, was not included in the contract. And wonders about the situation in 15 years, that is to say in 2036: "will it be necessary to extend the contract?"
The amendment was finally adopted with 18 votes for and 3 against. An article has also been added to the rider: "the delegatee and the airlines are expressly requested to submit to the Community by June a strategic development plan integrating a reflection on the lengthening of the runway. , which will have to be presented in prospective in the territorial council within the framework of the presentation of the report of the activities ”, specified Daniel Gibbs. (soualigapost.com)
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