Moorea housing development project becomes an industrial zone project

The Paetou collective is up in arms against the planned housing development in Teavaro (Moorea). The initial project for three subdivisions having been rejected, the OBTP company has this time submitted a single subdivision permit for the area on the mountain side. The Paetou de Moorea collective is up in arms against the Teavaro subdivision project in Moorea. The initial project by OBTP called for 50 lots, including 2 residential subdivisions of 20 lots each but was rejected. This time, the company has submitted a single subdivision permit for the mountain-side zone. It plans to build an industrial zone with an estimated excavation of 17,000 m3. Rahiti Buchin, of the Collectif Paetou, does not want to see this wooded area disappear: “On this magnificent land, he wants to build 10 industrial lots. […] This approach is incoherent because less than 2 km away, in Vaiare, we already have an industrial zone that is far from 100% full. In no commune in Polynesia, apart from Papeete, are there two overlapping industrial zones […] Can you imagine the visual effect when you pass the Vaiare pass? We’re going to have a completely disfigured mountain.” For his part, Olivier Billaudet, from OBTP, says he is sensitive to environmental issues: “It seems to me to be a systematic opposition, and we forget that we need activity in Moorea […] We need to reconcile human activity and the environment, which is what I’ve always tried to do. […] You have to reconcile human activity and the environment, which is what I’ve always tried to do. And in this project, I would do everything by the book, I would protect the lagoon with anti-pollution barriers…I remain open to all proposals.” This month, local residents gave their opinion on the project in the “cahier de doléances”. The commune of Moorea-Maiao, which has only an advisory opinion, is opposed to the project. The opinion of the town-planning department is still awaited. Read the original article published on Polynésie 1ère.