road safety, he will state if consideration will be given for the opening, as a matter of urgency and public…
(No. B/146) Mr B. Babajee (First Member for Savanne & Black River) asked the Minister of National Infrastructure whether, in regard to road safety, he will state if consideration will be given for the opening, as a matter of urgency and public interest, of the connecting road from Flic-en-Flac coastal road to Tamarina road.
Madam Speaker, the Flic-en-Flac B34 Road starts at Cascavelle and ends at Wolmar. Presently, the Flic-en-Flac village is accessible through this single road, limiting entry and exit options. I am informed that the Road Development Authority is presently undertaking the construction of a new road extending from La Vigie to Flic-en-Flac near Xavier. I wish to inform the House that upon assuming office, I queried as to why the road does not connect till Flic-en-Flac village. I am pleased to announce that due to savings on the existing project, as a result of an optimisation in the design of an initial 72 meters long bridge over River Rempart near Beaux Songes into a hydraulic tunnel of 10.5 meters by 8 meters culvert, the project will now extend till the Flic-en-Flac Coastal Road near the Cemetery. This new link is scheduled to be completed by September 2025. As a continuation of this project and with a view to providing a connection to the Flic- en-Flac Coastal Road, I carried out a site visit on 05 February 2025 with elected Members of the Constituency and officers of the RDA who explored possible options to connect the village of Wolmar to Tamarin. During the site visit, it was noted that a private road of a stretch of 1.3 km already exists and serves the Tamarina Golf project. I was astonished to see that no proper survey was carried out so far to open that road but I came to know that the road is aside a famous hotel which we all know belongs to whom. Madam Speaker, the RDA has accordingly been tasked to work on a technical proposal to extend the existing private road to connect the Flic-en-Flac B34 Road to the Black River A3 Road over a total length of 2.6 km. Currently, the RDA is assessing the extent of land required for the proposed link road from Wolmar to Tamarin. Once this assessment is completed, further discussions will be held with Medine Limited regarding the modalities and cost implications associated with land acquisition and the project.
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Yes, hon. Second Member for Quartier Militaire and Moka! COTE D’OR NATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX – PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY