1.3 billion for agglomerations – Traffic: what Bern will finance on the side of Vaud and Geneva

– Traffic: what Bern will finance on the side of Vaud and Geneva

The Confederation gives the green light to the extension of the tram in Geneva-Ferney and to projects in Yverdon and in Chablais.

Posted today at 7:15 p.m.

Simonetta Sommaruga will distribute more than a billion francs for urban traffic.

Keystone/Peter Schneider

“It’s a success story!” Simonetta Sommaruga, the Minister of Energy and Transport, is… transported when she speaks of projects in favor of agglomeration traffic. We are at 4^e program and everyone (Confederation, Cantons and Municipalities) pulls, according to her, to the same rope to make life easier in cities.

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It is above all a question of making traffic more fluid, encouraging soft mobility, increasing the safety of road users and preserving the environment. Every four years, the Federal Council releases hundreds of millions to co-finance bypass roads, more efficient public transport, cycle paths throughout Switzerland.