Construction Site: Land being Leveled
The Seychelles National Assembly has for the past 14 years been located in the National Library Building, Le Chantier, Mahe, Seychelles.
A new project has already started for construction of a new building to house the National Assembly and its Secretariat. The building will be located on the reclaimed land, namely Ile du Port near the Ile Perseverance Reclamation. An architectural team from China, namely the Qingdao Architectural Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd, came to Seychelles on 23/01/07 to do research work on the proposed terrain and also for designing the building.
Artist Impression of New Building
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the former Speaker, Hon. Francis MacGregor and the Qingdao Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd on 02/02/2007 for designing building.
The site Parcel No. H8083 covers an area of 10,412 square meters of which the building will occupy an area of 3,175 square meters. Estimated cost of the building is at SR17 million.
Since the 30th of June, the first phase of work, ie: being site clearing and laying of coral fill, has already started.