Environmental destruction or progress? Dispute over the praise tunnel sparked!

Environmental destruction or progress? Dispute over the praise tunnel sparked!

In the dispute over the controversial Lobau tunnel in Vienna, there is a hot political exchange of blows. The environmental spokesman for the Greens, Lukas Hammer, made it clear: "When it comes to who is between the Bulldozern and a national park, then we are still green and stand in between." This resistance goes back to the decision of the former climate protection minister Leonore Gewessler, who had stopped building the billion dollar project at the end of 2021. But now the infrastructure minister Peter Hanke from the SPÖ is planning to implement how the government program of ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS has been agreed. reports , Hammer criticizes the way the new government sets its priorities and wants to spend billions for motorway projects while austerity measures have to be imposed at the same time.

The resistors grow

In addition to Hammer’s statements, a study was recently published that vehemently rejected the implementation of the project. According to wien.orf.at it was found in the exam that the planned tunnel would have significant environmental effects. The political discussions about the Lobau tunnel continue in a tense climate, while more and more citizens and environmental activists are facing the mega project. The sharp resistance and the persistent protests of the Greens indicate that the topic will continue to be in the center of the political agenda.