ThoseMobility in Montreux –
Free public transport on Sunday is going
The Socialist Romain Pilloud set foot in the bait door of the bus. Despite strong criticism, his postulate was accepted by the municipal council.
Patrick COMBREMONT
Posted today at 07:31
The postulate, transmitted to the municipality, offers free public transport for Montreusians on Sundays and holidays.
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- The Montreux Municipal Council approves a premise on free public transport on public holidays.
- This socialist proposal aims to support the purchasing power of families.
- The cost of 1.5 million francs in the project raises criticism.
- The future inhabitant card could allow access to this new service.
The left itself was surprised. A text in favor of free public transport on Sundays and public holidays was accepted on the wire by the elected officials of Montreux, by 45 votes against 41. The result was greeted by some exclamations of joy on Wednesday evening to the legislative.
A score as tight as the exchanges caused by this subject. It is now up to the municipality to examine the implementation of this measure reserved only for Montreusians.
Support families
The Postulate of the Socialist Romain Pilloud aimed to restore purchasing power, in particular to families, and to facilitate “access to leisure” throughout the territory, from the lake to the pre -Alps, passing through the villages. A “simple, effective and concrete action”, while the price of public transport has almost doubled in thirty years, according to the Montreusian socialist. Another objective: to reduce car traffic on Sunday.
This service could be offered to the population of the town through a future resident card. However, she raised serious criticism on the right. The PLR Jean-Marc Forclaz thus noted “the difficulty, not to say the impossibility” of delivering and controlling it.
Like other advisers, his Simon Lepêtre party colleague attacked “the illusion of gratuitousness”, which generates more expenses and is “only a transfer to taxpayers”. Also evoking the work of drivers, the liberal-radical Olivier Mark still considered that this project was in fact “erecting three classes of citizens”.
Cloud sculpture
Another targeted argument, the cost of such an action. For the UDC Tal Luder, spending 1.5 million francs on a group of around 500 people who remain in Montreux, without serious study, is “cloud sculpture”.
In the ranks of Montreux free also, Susanne Lauber Fürst attacked a project “counterproductive, bling-bling and contradictory”, which even risks creating “a bargain effect” of influx in public transport. In the end, the idea was therefore supported, but with four small voices.
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