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The Departmental Commercial Development Commission rendered in early May, unanimously, un avis favorable à la demande d’extension du centre commercial E. Leclerc de La Réserve, in Sainte-Marie. L’extension demandée, de 1 312 m², portera la surface du centre commercial à 11 312 m² après travaux. La CDAC autorise également l’enseigne à créer un point de retrait sous l’enseigne...

The intercommunal community of northern Reunion (Cinor) installed its development council on April 29, consultative body composed of representatives of economic circles, social, cultural and associative. Complement of representative democracy, it is intended to be regularly consulted by the governance bodies of the urban community. Une campagne de communication a été organisée...

At the end of April, Cinor launched an experiment consisting of installing nets at the outlet of four rainwater evacuation nozzles towards the sea., in order to retain waste carried away by precipitation and to avoid marine pollution. L’opération est menée en partenariat avec l’Association Agréée de Pêche et de Protection du Milieu Aquatique des Rivières du...

Average power consumption by subscriber on the island has increased from 3,56 megawatts/hour in 2020 at 3,54 MWh in 2021, according to the Réunion Energy Observatory. Calculated per capita, consumption is up slightly, going from 1,48 MWh in 2020 to 1,50 MWh in 2021. In a city, the average consumption per capita amounts to 2,2 MWh. The...

The research program was piloted from Reunion Island, thanks to the collection of vanilla trees built up in Saint-Pierre for almost twenty years : CIRAD announced on May 5 that it had identified 83% of the genetic heritage of the Vanilla plantifolia species., the most cultivated in the world. Four years of work were necessary for this, impliquant les université de...

Innovation of Ericka Bareigts’ first term, the participatory budget of the city of Saint-Denis allows financing, up to 1,5 million euros per year, projects developed by administrators. The second edition was launched in mid-April. The Dionysians have until June 5 to propose projects which will first be analyzed by the city services,...

L'Association des Ports des Iles de l’océan Indien (APIOI) launched a women’s platform in 2019, noting that the maritime and port sector is a niche where efforts still need to be made to promote women. This platform aims to encourage more women to join the port and maritime sector., notamment en créant des passerelles...

Gerard Zitte, currently president of the Réunion interprofessional fishing and aquaculture association (Wing), was elected on May 18 as president of the Regional Committee for Maritime Fisheries and Marine Farming of Réunion (CRPMEM), the consular chamber of fishermen. He succeeds Bertrand Baillif, following the professional elections of April 27. On this occasion,...

The Grand Port Maritime has invested nearly 7,7 million euros, with the State and Europe, in the rehabilitation of quay no. 1 of the West port, mainly used by Sapmer to unload catches from its longliners and lobster boats, L’Austral. L’infrastructure, built in 1957, présentait des risques d’affaissement et la circulation des engins lourdement chargés avait dû y être...

Corsair continues its momentum to complete the first phase of its fleet renewal. The company welcomed its fifth A330-900 on May 20 and is working on the second phase which should integrate 4 additional neos by 2024. Corsair will then have one of the youngest fleets on the market, avec un âge moyen de deux ans et dont...