The Council of States will not decide on the clearance of the ammunition depot in Mitholz BE until autumn. The safety commission is not finished with the preliminary consultation.
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the essentials in brief
- The decision on the Mitholz eviction in the Council of States will not be made until autumn.
- The safety commission is not yet finished with the preliminary consultation, she says.
- The National Council clearly approved the billion-euro loan.
Only in the autumn of this year will it become clear whether the federal government can rehabilitate the former Mitholz ammunition depot in the Bernese Oberland for CHF 2.59 billion. The Security Commission of the Council of States (SiK-S) did not finish the preliminary consultation of the deal.
Commission President Werner Salzmann (SVP/BE) told the media in Bern on Thursday that the Commission was unable to complete the preliminary consultation on the deal due to time constraints. On June 4, she bowed again to the Federal Council’s request for a loan. This means that the Council of States can only make a decision in the autumn.
mood «positive»
According to Salzmann, SiK-S agreed to the deal unanimously. The mood towards the project is “positive”. The National Council clearly approved the billion-euro loan in early May.
In December 1947 there were major explosions in the former army ammunition depot near Mitholz in the municipality of Kandergrund BE. The depot partially collapsed, several people died from boulders that were thrown through the air.
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