Bridge to Eden Island completed |31 May 2006

Workers were seen this week putting final touches to the construction which now allows the island to be accessed on foot or by vehicles.

The small boats (foreground) which used to carry workers to the island will no longer be required as will barges which carried the construction material, which will now be moved by road.

The 48-hectare island, off Roche Caiman, was specifically created as part of the East Coast Project (ECP) Phase III, to be developed into a residential and marina resort targeting high net worth foreign investors.

Eden Island Development Company (Seychelles) Limited is developing the island and the investors are a group of businessmen whose shares are held in Austrian and British companies.

It is understood that the first occupants from overseas who have purchased apartments and villas on Eden Island will start moving in in February next year.

The foreign direct investment into Seychelles through the Eden Island project is valued at over US $450 million.

Eden Island Development Company (Seychelles) Limited is expected to give an update on developments on the site in due course.