Place Jacques Chirac, Papeete

Papeete's vast road renovations are not just a traffic semicircle, through which the four directions of boulevard Pomare cross and meet the adjoining underground parking place. Located in downtown Papeete, on the port side, the semicircular park is very popular in this town, whose name created some problems because French tradition goes against naming a public place after a living president. Flosse officially initiated a two-level, underground parking lot for 280 vehicles, in addition to some landscaping between the entrance and exit, thus far unfinished.