The Fiji Times – 25 October 2019
A FLOATING restaurant under construction in the Mamanuca Group — and given the green light by the Environment Department — has upset the Mamanuca Environment Society (MES).
Construction work on the project began earlier this year and the floating eatery is set to begin operations next month. MES project manager Marica Vakacola said the new development came as a surprise to the organisation and its members.
“What we don’t understand is there were no consultations done with neighbouring resorts and tourist properties in the Mamanucas and Malolo,” she said.
“All we want to know is if there was an environment impact assessment done and if there wasn’t any, what justification did they give to the developer to go ahead with the project?”
She said the location of operation was an issue of even more concern for MES.
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