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PROJECT PARTICULARS
PROJECT LOCATION
The project initiated by the promoter Splendour Investment (Rodrigues) Ltd consists
of the construction of a 76-bedroom capacity luxurious villas complex situated along
the south-eastern coastal fringe of Mourouk, over a land portion of extent of 29,
810m2 situated within the region of Pâté Reynieux, in the island of Rodrigues, as
shown on the Location Plan enclosed at Annex 1A, at the end of Section 1.
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PROJECT PHASING
The project initiated by the promoter consists of the construction of a luxurious 76bedroom capacity touristic villas complex to be developed under the Invest Hotel
Scheme (IHS).
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The villas resort project will encompass:
(i)
Construction of 76No rooms broken down into 24No superior bedrooms,
13No deluxe rooms, 18No suite bedrooms and 21No villas rooms
Note: The breakdown and detailing for the number of rooms is given in sub-section
4.9.7 to which the reader is referred.
(ii)
A main building of GF + 2 configuration, encompassing restaurants, bar,
lounge, dining terrace, reception desk, offices, kitchen and back-up amenities
(iii)
Leisure areas including swimming pool, complete with pool deck for
relaxation, kiosks
(iv)
Back-of-house services encompassing desalination plant, technical building,
wastewater treatment plant, composting area, garbage area, M&E area,
water storage tank, etc.
The villas complex will comprise of all the standard and leisure amenities usually
incorporated in such resort development projects.
These amenities are more fully described in Section 4 entitled “Architectural and
Functional Planning”.
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PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
The aim of the project is to satisfy the accommodation needs of an increasing
number of tourists visiting Rodrigues in line with the vision of the Rodrigues Regional
Administration (RRA) to make the tourism sector a pillar of the economy with the
objective of attracting 100, 000 tourists and visitors yearly on the island. The project
site possesses all the natural attributes to attract potential visitors looking for
tranquillity and serenity for which Rodrigues is so renowned.
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SITE STATUS
The site, earmarked for the villas project under IHS, is sandwiched between the
existing Mourouk Ebony Hotel and Bakwa Lodge. There is an untarred track road
leading to the site.
Owing to its naturally sloping topography and elevation up to 20 to 30metres above
mean sea level, the site offers an unobstructed, panaromic view onto the lagoon and
also possesses a white sandy beach frontage of length 260metres with scattered
rocky promontories. These patches of rock promontories have also been observed in
the interior of the site.
The site being in a bare state, there are no designated sites of interest within the site.
The whole site is more fully shown on the Site/Contour/Topographical Plan enclosed
at Annex 1B at the end of Section 1.
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PROJECT TEAM
The project team comprises of the following professional partners:
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 Promoter:
Splendour Investment (Rodrigues) Ltd
 Project Manager
Jeetah Consulting Ltd
 Architect:
Jean Michel D’Unienville Architects Ltd
 Civil/Structural Engineers
Property Design and Management Consultants Ltd
 M&E Engineer
SEE Engineering Consultants
 Wastewater Engineer
Solution Eau et Environnement Ltée (SEE)
 Landscape Consultant
Mr Olivier Bereaux
 EIA Consultant:
Scene-Ries Consult Ltd.
HOTEL MANAGEMENT
The management of the proposed villas project will fall under the existing Mourouk
Ebony Hotel which has been operating for the last twenty years, i.e. since 1993.
The hotel manager, Mr Willy Auguste, through the years, has built up a solid
experience in hotel management.
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ALTERNATIVE
The site located within the coastal fringe of Mourouk, within the area of Pâté
Reynieux, is contiguous to the operating hotel site, lodge and houses so that no
industrial development will normally be permitted on it.
Accordingly, there is no other permitted development alternative as regards the
utilization of that site.
However, there is always the theoretical alternative to the project known as the “Do
Nothing” or “Zero Option” i.e. adopting the ‘status quo’ for the site, leaving it in its
present form.
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Leaving the site in its present state would imply:
(a)
Foregoing this proposed development of a touristic project on the site, with
the accompanying positive economic return to the country, and potential for
more jobs creation
(b)
Missing an opportunity to strive towards the goal of providing additional
touristic accommodation set-up in the region of Mourouk and its adjoining
peripherals which have less developed to date.
(c)
Foregoing an opportunity for development and its associated creation of
economic activities both during its construction and operational phase.
(d)
Encouraging the undesirable habits of indiscriminate dumping which has
prevailed over the site
Hence, in the circumstances described above, the option to utilize the site for a
touristic project is definitely the best possible alternative.
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IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
A tentative implementation schedule for the project is detailed hereunder:
 Submission of EIA ……………………………………….March 2016
 Approval of EIA and issue of EIA Licence…….June 2016
 Finalization of design ………………………………….June 2016
 Construction Period………….…………………………July 2016 –October 2017
 Official commissioning of the project …………November 2017
An appeal is therefore made to the Department of Environment to consider the
granting of the EIA Licence within the lead time indicated above so as to enable the
promoter to achieve this objective.
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