Referendum Association collects signatures against Bern's climate adaptation regulations
The "Aufrecht Stadt Bern" association has launched a referendum against the City of Bern's climate adaptation regulations. It fears restrictions and additional costs for traffic, as it announced on Monday.
29.07.2024, 10:21
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The current regulations could "mean a de facto ban on cars and trucks throughout the city of Bern and the elimination of the remaining parking spaces", the association wrote in a press release. "Businesses, tradespeople and the economy would have to expect further restrictions and massive additional costs," it continued.
The climate adaptation regulations are the municipal council's counter-proposal to the urban climate initiative. It is to come into force because the committee withdrew its initiative at the end of June. The counter-proposal was adopted by the city council in June in the form of regulations.
The climate adaptation regulations have the same thrust as the initiative, but provide for additional greening measures in addition to the unsealing of street space. It is intended to "give an additional boost to the climate-adapted design of public street space", as the city wrote on its website in February.
The association needs 1,500 signatures within 60 days for its referendum to come to fruition.
