Stunning plans unveiled for world’s first floating city in French Polynesia

WATERWORLD, the 1995 movie starring Kevin Costner, could soon be a reality with stunning new plans for a “floating city”.

Waterworld, the 1995 movie starring Kevin Coster, could soon be a reality. Picture: Supplied

WATERWORLD, the 1995 post-apocalyptic action film starring Kevin Costner, could soon be a reality.

US developers have released stunning plans for a groundbreaking tourist resort in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The Sun reports a US firm has signed an agreement with French Polynesia’s government, and hopes to begin construction on the world’s first “floating city” in 2019.

Construction experts at the Seasteading Institute have spent five years trying to work out how to build “permanent, innovative communities floating at sea”.

French Polynesia has signed a deal for the world’s first floating city. Picture: YouTube/seasteading

Rising sea levels pose a threat to the 118 islands which form French Polynesia and now, according to ABC News, the government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seasteading Institute.

Further investigations into the economic, environmental and legal impact of the scheme are due to take place.

Experts have spent years working out how to build a “floating city”. Picture: YouTube/seasteading

The futuristic resort would be built in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Picture: YouTube/seasteading

Randolph Hencken, executive director of the institute, said: “What we’re interested in is societal choice and having a location where we can try things that haven’t been tried before.

“I don’t think it will be that dramatically radical in the first renditions. We were looking for sheltered waters, we don’t want to be out in the open ocean — it’s technologically possible but economically outrageous to afford.”

The Seasteading Institute hopes to begin construction in 2019. Picture: YouTube/seasteading

He continued: “If we can be behind a reef break, then we can design floating platforms that are sufficient for those waters at an affordable cost. We don’t have to start from scratch as this is a pilot project.

“They also have very stable institutions so we’re able to work with a government that wants us there, that we have respect for and they have respect for us.”

Randolph added that he was confident the project could benefit French Polynesia’s economy and draw in a fresh wave of tourism.

This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been republished here with permission.