People of Schwyz say No to new restrictions

Media release concerning the vote on the nature park in Canton of Schwyz

Last Sunday the remaining ten communes in the Canton of Schwyz voted on the construction phase of the nature parks. The result can hardly be surpassed in its clarity. The negative votes amounted to between 72% (Schwyz) and sensational 92% in Unteriberg. Four communes had already decided at community meetings by show of hands. Even here the result was extraordinarily clear. The result was the clearest  in the commune Alpthal, where all 58 present persons said No to the project. This means that  now all 14 communes within the perimeter voted clearly against the project nature park.

The people of Schwyz are tired of restrictions. No more regulations! Especially the park regulalions inside the parks gave rise to broad discussions. The opponents managed to show the basic disadvantages  of such a park. In the canton of Schwyz there is no desire to waste any more tax dollar for a project that doesn’t have any advantage for the general population. After all the construction phase would have cost 2.8 million. The bad cost-benefit ratio was certainly one reason for the widespread rejection. Schwyz people are not to be bought by some francs from Bern and much less if their freedom gets even more restricted by such a deal.

^{Committee “No to the nature park”
Co-Chairman Marcel Dettling,
Cantonal Councilor, Oberiberg}