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Application Under the National Regeneration Programme (Nrp) for the Village of Mahebourg VISIO ARCHITECTURE LTD 45, St Georges Street Port-Louis, Mauritius T: + 230 208 93 94 T: + 230 210 40 73 E: [email protected] NRP APPLICATION / MAHEBOURG APPLICATION UNDER THE NATIONAL REGENERATION PROGRAMME (NRP) FOR THE VILLAGE OF MAHEBOURG SEP 2020 Page 1 of 23 VISIO ARCHITECTURE LTD 45, St Georges Street Port-Louis, Mauritius T: + 230 208 93 94 T: + 230 210 40 73 E: [email protected] NRP APPLICATION / MAHEBOURG TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE................................................................................................................................... 3 2. INTRODUCTION -THE CASE FOR URBAN REGENERATION .................................................................................. 3 2.1 THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 THE WAKASHIO INCIDENT ............................................................................................................................ 6 3. CONTEXT OPPORTUNITY APPRAISAL .................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 THE PROXIMITY OF THE AIRPORT AS A LOST OPPORTUNITY ....................................................................... 8 4. OVERVIEW OF MAHEBOURG .............................................................................................................................. 9 5. OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY ..................................................................................................... 11 5.1 STUDY OF THE OLD CULTURAL FABRIC ................................................................................................ 12 6. DESIGN STATEMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 14 7. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................ 15 7.1 TRANSPORT ................................................................................................................................................ 15 7.2 DRAINAGE ................................................................................................................................................... 16 7.3 SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY ................................................................................................................ 16 7.4 ELECTRICITY SERVICES ................................................................................................................................ 16 7.5 COMMUNICATION SERVICES ...................................................................................................................... 17 8. PROJECTS & CALENDAR ................................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 8.1 URBAN PUBLIC SPACE – COMMUNITY SERVICE ............................................................................. 17 5.2 8.2 PUBLIC FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 8.3 HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION .................................................................................................... 18 8.4 WATER RELATED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 18 8.5 LIFESTYLE, BRANDING AND IDENTITY .................................................................................................. 18 8.6 IDENTIFIED PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS ..................................................................................................... 19 8.7 IDENTIFIED NATIONAL AGENDA PRIORITIES .............................................................................................. 19 9. PROPOSED ADDITIONAL AREA SPECIFIC INCENTIVES .................................................................................. 20 9.1 WAKASHIO CLEANUP ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................... 20 9.2 TOURISM ACTIVITIES IN THE REGION ......................................................................................................... 21 10. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................ 21 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Page 2 of 23 VISIO ARCHITECTURE LTD 45, St Georges Street Port-Louis, Mauritius T: + 230 208 93 94 T: + 230 210 40 73 E: [email protected] NRP APPLICATION / MAHEBOURG 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Mahebourg’s creation was suggested in 1785, by Visdelou de Bonamour, Port-Bourbon’s commanding officer. The agglomeration’s plans were drawn in 1804, the town founded by Governor Decaen in 1806, named after Mahé de Labourdonnais. In 1810, the town’s inhabitants were able to book front row seats when the Grand Port Battle was staged some metres away from their shores. Mahebourg is pregnant with history. From architecture to urban grid, from church to temple, from coastal to fluvial, heritage and legacy piece together an exceptional cultural narrative, assuring both rootedness and entertainment. It deserves to be safeguarded and even plausibly expanded. Capturing a noteworthy share of the region’s touristic revenue, adding up to older activities, Mahebourg’s local economy has reached quite a commendable jobs/labour ratio. ‘The wide range of administrative and commercial functions in Mahebourg enables it to maintain an approximate equilibrium between labour and jobs’, as noted in the Outline Planning Scheme for Grand Port Savanne District Council Area of 2011. With sizeable local investment in multiple small-scaled businesses, with strong national brands, operating therein, Mahebourg is not really threatened by urban decay. However, the double challenge of the COVID-19 impacts on tourism activities in the south, and that of the Wakashio oil spill renders a situation where a thoroughly thought-out regeneration, mobilising its various assets and resources, including its spatial layout is required. A revisit of the traditional building over nature can, in the same line be effected while protecting fields, estuary and lagoon, and providing the most compelling encouragement to further finetune a sustainable town-building template, and reinforce the brand of the south as a place of nature and culture. This regeneration plan includes Mahébourg, and plausibly Ville-Noire and neighbouring private lands, relying for business leeway and some further buildable depth upon neighbouring agricultural lands, the future South- eastern conurbation could harmoniously stand on both banks of Rivière La Chaux. 2. INTRODUCTION -THE CASE FOR URBAN REGENERATION Whereas quite a few more compact settlements and ensuing building concentrations along the Plaines- Wilhems central conurbation seem occasioned more by chance than necessity, Mahebourg’s location is not an accident. It stands at the crossroad of various routes. A former railway terminus from where trainloads of sugar, carrying the whole area’s production, were directed to the docks in Port-Louis, a heritage economic lifeline replaced today by various daily commutes, Mahébourg serves as network head of the region’s pelagic coastal fishing activity while being as well host to a promising, albeit small scaled, multifaceted fluvial economy. Urban regenerative measures increasing the liveability levels of areas are always needed but in Mahebourg they may not require to be designed ex nihilo; it may be sufficient to just revive what was envisaged right from the outset by the town’s original planners. Contemporary preoccupations do factor, into this Mahebourg regeneration project, sustainability issues as well as revigorated awareness of the unique cultural values these areas hold as legacy. The contribution of Page 3 of 23 VISIO ARCHITECTURE LTD 45, St Georges Street Port-Louis, Mauritius T: + 230 208 93 94 T: + 230 210 40 73 E: [email protected] NRP APPLICATION / MAHEBOURG culture to society is immeasurable and unending. The Ernest and Young [1]argues that, together with creativity, culture serves as the societal binding glue, especially when noted that it has a relationship with politics, society, environment, economy and technology. The ability to link the past, the present and the future furthermore identifies culture as a strong societal component that needs to occupy centre stage in any policy framework. On the economic front, the investment in cultural heritage zones, such as Mahebourg’s old neighbourhoods, can be seen as one of the most potent strategies that a city can employ to promote job creation, increase income flow and foster competitiveness of the urban fabric, thus supporting local policies of economic empowerment and resilience. Bowitz and Ibenholt [2] argue that by promoting cultural heritage and conserving historical sites, activities celebrating the urban fabric such as local festivals, amusement parks and culturally oriented products can be made to mushroom; hence, increasing tourism activities both from domestic and foreign visitors and impacting on the local and regional economy. Vegheș [3] posits that the advancement in technology has
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