When it came to the extension of the southern railway line, the Styrian state leadership with ÖVP state governor Christopher Drexler and his red “vice” Anton Lang and Leonore Gewessler were still in agreement, but then there were the expected crumbs.
The fact that “Steirerbluat koa raspberry juice” is not only known from the novel “Hödlmoser” by Reinhard P. Gruber, but also outside Semmering. If Styrian-born Leonore Gewessler had forgotten this during her stay in Vienna, she was reminded of it on Friday.
The government meeting room in Graz Castle was quickly transformed into a press conference stage (construction was carried out in the White Hall), and together with ÖVP state governor Christopher Drexler and his red ‘vice’ Anton Lang, the Minister for Green Infrastructure signed a declaration of intent for the double-track extension of the southern railway line between Werndorf and Hügel-Straß.
The harmony was soon over
The three agreed that the megaproject was indispensable for Styria and its connection to the Slovenian port of Koper. But then the harmony was quickly over. The conflict topic A9, which had been threatening from the beginning, was not only left out of consideration to keep the peace. Gewessler vehemently rejects the motorway project and has had to endure severe criticism from the state leadership in the past.
“The three-lane expansion is essential”, “we have a huge problem with alternative traffic”, according to Drexler and Lang Tacheles. Gewessler was visibly “not amused” and was speechless for a moment, but remained firmly on the green line: “More roads also means more traffic!”
Source: Krone
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