The inhabitants of Geneva have the future of the Mont-Blanc footbridge between their ballot paper. The construction of this structure is opposed by referendum. Too expensive, which disfigures the harbor for its opponents. Criticisms brushed aside by the administrative advisor, Frédérique Perler, who is leading the project. She was a guest of Béatrice Rul, at 7:30 a.m., on Radio Lac.
You support the construction of this Mont-Blanc footbridge. A footbridge which would be entirely dedicated to pedestrians. One of the current sidewalks, on the Mont-Blanc bridge, would become a two-way cycle path, the rest dedicated to cars. You are a green elected official and yet you leave five lanes for cars?
“The idea is not to leave all these tracks to cars. The Mont-Blanc bridge is part of the middle belt and there will always be a need for space on this bridge for cars, but above all it is an additional lane for the bus!”
A footbridge more than four meters wide, 1.50 m high. For opponents, it will above all be a work which will disfigure the harbor, protected since 1978…
“This footbridge is not going to disfigure the harbor, the authorities have not fallen on their heads. The award-winning project was awarded for the quality of its integration into the harbor. We cannot do just anything because it is a protected site. The winning project is a link with the landscape. In the competition jury, there was a representative of the Heritage and Sites Office.
A footbridge estimated at more than 54 million francs. The footbridge is expensive!
“It’s not just the footbridge. The fact of offering this pedestrian promenade also implies the relocation of the CGN landing stages, because these historic boats must be able to continue to navigate in this pocket handkerchief that is the Harbor. This has It was a very long process to re-establish communication with the CGN because it had not been consulted during previous legislatures. You also have a whole series of developments, with plantations and facilities compatible for people with reduced mobility.
To defend this project, you installed explanatory posters upstream of the Mont-Blanc bridge. Not to the taste of the MCG which filed an appeal on Friday with the Constitutional Court, because these posters would violate the guarantee of political rights, according to it. He requests a cancellation and postponement of the vote. Didn’t you make a little mistake with these posters?
“No! It is a duty of the authorities to inform the population. These posters are explanations. The authorities did it for Clé de Rives, for the Plainpalais plain, for the PLQ Bourgogne. It is an infrastructure of pedestrian mobility which will make it possible to complete the cycle U”.
