Eight urban wasteland redevelopment operations will be supported by the State in Reunion over the next two years, to the tune of more than 4 million euros, following a call for projects. In Saint-Benoît, a city center building will be rehabilitated to create a 56-unit residence for people losing their autonomy. At Rivière-Saint-Louis, the old wood craft center will be rehabilitated. At the port, 32 unoccupied homes will be rehabilitated, just like the “engineers’ houses”, facing the west port, and the Zac Triangle de l’Oasis project will be supported. A Saint-Denis, 137 housing units will be destroyed and 120 housing units built in the Camélias sector and various urban wastelands in the city center rehabilitated. Finally, in Saint-Paul, asbestos removal work, partial demolition and construction of new infrastructure and roads will be launched in 2022 on the seafront, as part of an urban renewal plan.
In total, specifies the prefecture, « more than 5,4 hectares of artificialized areas will be reclassified and will preserve as much agricultural land”. The rehabilitation of dilapidated and unoccupied buildings will result in the creation of 30,000 m2 housing (dont 25 000 m2 of social housing) and 24,000 m2 of areas hosting economic activities.
