"Voting booklet"

Separate S-Link information comes from city and state

Before the survey on the S-Link, citizens can hope to receive a lot of information. This could even happen twice in the city of Salzburg.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

The Swiss method of "voting booklets" will be used in the run-up to the public consultation on the major project. The aim is to give citizens an objective picture.

The aim is to enable people to form an informed opinion. Our role model is the Swiss, who have been doing this for over 40 years with their so-called 'Abstimmmungsbüchlein'," says Mayor Bernhard Auinger (SPÖ). The city senate decided on this procedure on Thursday. All households with voting rights will receive this brochure. Pros and cons are to be presented in the brochure. A maximum of 75,000 euros will be available for this in the city. A joint approach with the state was rejected. "The city should be viewed differently to the surrounding municipalities," says Auinger.

Stefan Schnöll (ÖVP), the state's deputy leader, will therefore distribute a separate information brochure in Flachgau and Tennengau - and probably also in the city. "Unfortunately, there is no common approach. But we are trying to do it pretty much like the city," says Schnöll. City residents could receive two brochures. The transport association will also provide extra information and present the wider context of the impact of the S-Link on public transport.