Coming soon the first floating city in the world

An American research firm has just reached an agreement with the French Polynesia government to build the world's first floating city in the southern Pacific. The project is expected to start in 2019.

The Seasteading Institute (based in San Francisco, USA) has spent five years studying how to build " eternal, eternal communities floating on the sea".

The first floating city project in the Pacific.

Polynesian authorities signed a memorandum of understanding with the US company in the face of rising sea levels. They are also working on economic and environmental impacts as well as legal issues related to floating cities, according to Sputnik.

Randolph Hencken, The Seasteading Institute executive director, believes the city is floating in Polynesia, which consists of 118 islands, which will bring economic benefits to the Polynesian government."We believe it will directly and indirectly benefit them economically," he said.

As planned, the project will be started from 2019.

At the risk of sea level rise in Polynesia, the idea of ​​floating city is highly concerned by the government and has many expectations. Research on the initial impact of the project has been completed and the company hopes that legal procedures will be finalized this year. As planned, the project will be started from 2019.

There is currently no specific information on the cost of building floating cities, but the cost of high-tech construction under the ocean is considered a minor obstacle to this project.