Not long to wait
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Opponents to the planned light rail extension known as Ceva, which will link Geneva’s Cornavin and Eaux-Vives stations and Annemasse, handed in 12,700 signatures, almost 5,000 more than necessary, to force citizens in the canton to vote on it. Voters will decide on a supplementary credit of CHF 113 million towards the project that Geneva’s parliament voted for in June.
The referendum’s date has not yet been fixed.
The measure’s opponents are not convinced that the proposed route which goes through the Geneva neighbourhood of Champel is the only one, and have proposed an alternative. The Swiss high court, the Federal Tribunal, in April decided against an alternative route, saying that canton Geneva could not decide on an alternative route without amending an agreement of 1912 with the Swiss railway company, CFF, and the national government.
Background: “Funding for key regional transport projects approved“, 31 December 2008, GenevaLunch
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News story, GenevaLunch, 18 August 2009.
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Tags: Annemasse, CEVA, CFF, Champel, Cornavin, Eaux-Vives, Geneva news, Geneva parliament, Lake Geneva region, referendum, Tribunal Federal
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