"It's a project that is close to my heart", confided Daniel Gibbs in the preamble of the presentation to the media of the Marigot Sea Front development project (land component) last Friday.
"We have been working on this project for a long time and I am happy to announce the launch of the urban development competition which will allow the start of the first phase of work, with a first stone that we hope to lay in the second half of 2021", declared the president of the COM. "This is the land part", he said, the development of the bay being a project carried by the port establishment and independent even if complementary.
This “waterfront requalification” project was designed by elected officials and the engineering and construction delegation of the COM, which received technical support from Valérie Vrabie, agent made available to the COM by the French development agency. (AFD) after Irma. Its implementation will take place in two phases: 2021/2023 and 2023/2025.
Its amount is estimated at 20 million euros, including 7 million for the first phase, 50% financed by the COM and 50% by State and European Union funds.
Based on the wishes of elected officials, studies already carried out on the revitalization of Marigot, specifications were drawn up. It specifies the desired arrangements for the Fort Louis marina, the market, the booths, the road, the ferry terminal, etc. in an area going from Galisbay (after the car park) to the cemetery roundabout.
These specifications are the basis on which the professionals interested in the call for competition, will have to work. A preselection of applications will be made in February. Three candidates will be selected and each of their project will be presented to the population next March.
Daniel Gibbs and Valérie Vrabie insisted on this consultation phase. The candidate will then be selected in June 2021. (soualigapost.com)
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