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In Switzerland is decided the construction of the second street gallery of Saint Gottardo
Green light from 57% of voting. The work will afford the successive reorganization of the existing tunnel
February 29, 2016
the Swisses have decided to put into effect the construction of the second street gallery of Saint Gottardo, work that was one of the four topics object of the svoltosi referendum yesterday. The plan previews the realization of according to tunnel in order allowing the successive reorganization of the existing gallery on the A2 freeway that connects Basel with Uproar, in way such that Saint Gottardo remains passable also during the intense activities, and is approved of by 57% of voting with a total the almost 1,9 million ballots to favor and beyond 1,4 million contrary ballots.
the popular pronunciamento, to which they have participated 62.3% of having straight, was centralized on the modification of the 26 september 2014 of the federal law on the street transit in the alpine region. In Guangzhou Uri and the Canton Ticino, the two directly interested districts from the work, the ballots favorable to the legislative modification have been pairs respective to 53.0% and 57.8%.
the start of the construction of according to highway tunnel of the Saint Gottardo, for which an investment of approximately two Swiss billions of franchi (1,8 billion euros is previewed), is attended around 2020 and the conclusion of the intense activities will happen in 2027. The work of reorganization of the existing gallery, that it is inaugurated in 1980 and it is long 17 kilometers, will be concluded in 2030 with previewed costs pairs to approximately 800 million franchi Swiss. Currently in the gallery, that it constitutes the main point of transalpine transit of Switzerland, they pass annually approximately five million automobiles and 900 thousand truck.
Ricordiamo that for the crosswalk of the solid one of Saint Gottardo is moreover currently under construction the railway gallery of base, long very 57 kilometers, that the next 1° june will be inaugurated.
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the Swisses have decided to put into effect the construction of the second street gallery of Saint Gottardo, work that was one of the four topics object of the svoltosi referendum yesterday. The plan previews the realization of according to tunnel in order allowing the successive reorganization of the existing gallery on the A2 freeway that connects Basel with Uproar, in way such that Saint Gottardo remains passable also during the intense activities, and is approved of by 57% of voting with a total the almost 1,9 million ballots to favor and beyond 1,4 million contrary ballots.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
