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The date of March 16, 2022 will be marked with a white stone in the turbulent history of the construction of the New Coastal Road. That day in Paris, Prime Minister Jean Castex and the president of the regional council Huguette Bello, have signed a memorandum of understanding in Matignon in which the State undertakes to finance 50% of the viaduct which....

From 2015 to 2019, 12,600 people left Reunion each year for the mainland and 10,800 people went the other way., reveals an INSEE study. The trend recorded during the period 2010-2014 has become more pronounced. Departures mainly occur between 18 and 24 years old (3,400 each year, for 1,300 arrivals)...

On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, last March 8, INSEE has published a study measuring the access of Reunionese women to positions of power. If parity laws have increased their number in elective functions, Réunion is one of the French departments where the share of female mayors is lowest..

Reunion Island Roland-Garros airport won an Airport Service Quality Award in mid-March in the “Africa zone” category for the quality of health measures implemented in 2021. This award is awarded each year by travelers, as part of a survey organized by Airport Service Quality, the engineering department of the Airports Council International, near....

Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu, announced it during his visit to Réunion from February 13 to 15 : the State will financially support the construction of a 2-mile viaduct,5 km to complete the New Coastal Route. The choice of a viaduct rather than a dike was made the previous week during a plenary meeting of the Regional Council. «...

At 29 years old, 35% of young men from Reunion still live with their parents, compared to 16% in mainland France, shows a recent INSEE study based on 2018 data. This share has increased significantly, on the island, in ten years. It is only from the age of 27 that more than half of young men have left home..

Consumer prices increased by 3,3% in twelve months in Reunion, according to the INSEE index covering December and the whole of 2021, against 2,8% for the whole of France (outside Mayotte). In 2020, prices had fallen by 1% and remained stable at the national level. The most significant increase was that of....

During his visit to Reunion in mid-February, the Minister of Overseas Territories also spoke with representatives of the economic world about the explosion in maritime freight costs observed since the end of 2020. Added to this is a sharp increase in the prices of certain raw materials : the two factors combined are beginning to fuel an inflationary trend that....

As in 2017 and 2019, a survey was organized from September to November 2021 to establish the barometer of cycling cities. Only municipalities collecting at least 50 contributions are subject to classification.. There were three in 2019 (St Denis, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre), 12 in 2021, proof of a growing interest in traveling by bicycle. Plusieurs association et collectifs...

Le conseil communautaire de la Cinor a voté le 10 février le budget 2022 de l’intercommunalité, qui s’élève au total à 271 millions d’euros. Il se compose du budget principal (218,4 M€ pour le transport, the environment, la maintenance, water, l’assainissement et l’énergie), du budget pour l’assainissement collectif (29,5 million euros) et de celui pour l’eau potable (23,6 M€). 187...