Nature Park Baselbiet: Langenbruck buried dream of 100 square kilometers!

Nature Park Baselbiet: Langenbruck buried dream of 100 square kilometers!

The planned Baselbiet Nature Park needed a coherent area of ​​100 square kilometers to maintain federal funding and to secure the implementation of the project. Despite the support of the Langenbruck municipal council, the population of the community was not convinced and rejected the proposal. The born association of the nature park is disappointed with the result of the vote and announced that the next year meeting on June 30 should be considered.

reactions and backgrounds

The referendums not only disappointed the expectations of the sponsoring association, but also sparked a debate about the meaningfulness of the project. Critical voices, including the SVP district administrator Matthias Ritter, expressed concerns about the cost-benefit ratio of the nature park and argued that the financial expenses were too high. The discussions were strongly based on agriculture.

The sponsoring association is faced with allegations of having spread inappropriate or incorrect information that made a factual discussion difficult. Despite these setbacks, those responsible are optimistic about the future and emphasize that many ideas could continue to be developed in a different form. The association Oberbaselbiet is already working on a regional development concept to find solutions for future challenges.

outlook