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The Green Party’s “Attractive Centers” referendum, which called for a more settlement-friendly design of cantonal and municipal roads in city centers, was rejected by a negative vote of 72.8 percent (64,218 to 24,018 votes). The main objection to the request was that it violated the autonomy of the municipality.
The Green Party’s initiative gained the greatest popularity in the city of Lucerne. However, it did not find a majority there either, with an approval of 43.8 percent. In the other constituencies the share of yes votes was considerably lower. In Entlebuch and Willisau, approval remained well below the 20 percent mark, at 12.6 and 15.9 percent respectively.
With a no vote of 80.4 percent (70,241 against 17,151 votes), voters also rejected the Young SVP’s “anti-traffic jam initiative”. The popular initiative demanded that the capacity of the cantonal road network for motorized private transport would not be reduced. The initiative received the highest approval in Entlebuch with a yes vote of 29.1 percent.
A counter-proposal against the “anti-traffic jam initiative” was also rejected, with a negative vote of 51.4 percent (43,474 against 41,161 votes). The counter-proposal was rejected both in the city of Lucerne and in the country of Lucerne. Hochdorf, Sursee and Willisau narrowly said yes, Entlebuch approved the proposal with a yes vote of more than 57 percent.
The counterproposal came from the provisional advisory committee of the cantonal council. Unlike the initiative, it was not limited to car traffic, but also included bicycle, bus and pedestrian traffic. The canton should therefore have ensured an efficient road network and compensated for any reduction in capacity on the surrounding road network.
Although their initiative was rejected, the Greens see that the governing council has a duty to make local arteries more compatible with settlements. They justified this in a communication with promises in the voting campaign, the clear no to the car-friendly ‘anti-traffic jam initiative’ and the counter-proposal, and the ‘climate catastrophe’. There is no alternative to more trees and less asphalt in cities and villages.
With the double no to the “anti-traffic jam initiative” and the counter-proposal, voters had spoken out against a civilian blockade policy, according to the no committee. In doing so, they would have supported the government’s solution-oriented mobility policy.
The canton of Lucerne can expand its second largest school, the one in Sursee. Voters approved a special loan of 59.7 million francs with a yes vote of 79.7 percent (70,225 to 17,841 votes). With the approved expansion, 61 classes with 1,200 students will one day be able to teach in Sursee.
In the Sursee constituency, where the cantonal school is located, the proposal was approved by 79.0 percent. The proposal had the highest support in the city of Lucerne (85.7 percent) and the lowest in Entlebuch (73.5 percent). (SDA)
Source:Blick
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