Heinz Schaden

Former mayor now rails against the S-Link

Salzburg's mayor Bernhard Auinger (SPÖ) is against the S-Link. He now has the support of his party colleague Heinz Schaden.(Bild: Tschepp Markus)

Salzburg's former mayor Heinz Schaden has "serious reservations" about the planned billion-euro project - as do other former politicians. Among them: another former mayor of Salzburg.  

Since his not entirely voluntary retirement from politics, he has kept a low profile with interjections - but Heinz Schaden is back just in time for the public consultation on the billion-euro S-Link rail project (November 10). Salzburg's former long-term mayor is now an avowed opponent of the S-Link.

Schaden is part of the newly founded personal committee "With responsibility for Salzburg". The 70-year-old is in prominent company. The list of supporters also includes Josef Dechant (ÖVP), another former mayor of the city of Salzburg. Also on the list: former deputy provincial governor Gerhard Buchleitner (SPÖ), former provincial deputy Arno Gasteiger (ÖVP) and Margot Hofer from the Freedom Party. She was the third president of the provincial parliament in the 1990s.

On Tuesday, the committee will present itself to the public for the first time - and present its "serious concerns" and alternatives to the S-Link.