We're not going anywhere
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The planned light rail line connecting Cornavin-Eaux Vives-Annemasse (Ceva) was delayed again by Switzerland’s administrative high court, in a decision made public 8 September. Two of the project’s partners, canton Geneva and CFF, Swiss federal railways, had asked the court to lift about 60 injunctions against the project, arguing that the delays were costing money. The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument, stating that the project must address the 318 different objections to the plans before it can proceed.
Opponents to the project gathered enough signatures to force a referendum 27 November on the supplementary loan of CHF131 million the canton has authorized for the project.
An original Ceva project was mooted in 1884, after 30 years of deliberations. It was resuscitated in 1939, and again in 2001.
Background: “Ceva opponents hand in 12,700 names for referendum“, 18 August 2009, GenevaLunch
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 September 2009.
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