ACS: Approval for the NAF bill
The Automobile Club of Switzerland (ACS) welcomes the National Roads and Agglomeration Transport Fund Bill that has been finalized for the final vote. Above all, the ACS supports the fact that an unlimited fund solution will also be created for the roads with the restructuring of the financing. More critical is the fact that road funds are still being misused with the NAF bill and that [...]
The association representing the interests of private motorized transport is more critical of the fact that road funds continue to be misappropriated even with the NAF bill and that an increase in the mineral oil tax surcharge appears necessary. Central President Thomas Hurter: "The ACS expects that words are quickly followed by deeds and that expansion steps are implemented. The Automobile Club of Switzerland has noted with approval that the two chambers of the Swiss parliament have reached agreement on the NAF bill for extended financing. Even if the formulation that in the future "as a rule" ten percent of the mineral oil tax revenue is to flow additionally into the NAF fund still leaves loopholes for financially or anti-road motivated digging into the road coffers, an improvement could be achieved compared to the status quo."
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