The project for a cable car from Monte Rosa to the Matterhorn and criticism from environmentalists

The Region is evaluating a feasibility study.To form the largest ski area in Europe

A cable car connection between the Valtorunanche and the Val d'Ayas.That is, between Monte Rosa The Matterhorn.To form the largest ski area in Europe.That is to say 432 kilometers, the sum between the slopes of Cervinia (already merged with Zermatt in Switzerland) e Champoluc (connected to Gressoney And Alagna.Today he talks about the project Republic, reporting that the new area would raise the snow level and lengthen the winter season.In addition to allowing those who frequent places such as Alagna or Gressoney to reach the hotel on foot Pink Plateau or get to the Little Matterhorn.In terms of GDP, the region's turnover could grow between eight and eleven million according to estimates from the feasibility study.«There is work in this area 5 thousand people, half of whom are seasonal", he maintains Bruce Mc Neill, who has a hotel in Cervinia and works as a ski instructor.«With the new project, tourists would increase in the summer and we could stabilize them indefinitely», he adds.The price?Give it to him 80 to the 122 million depending on the route.But there's a problem.That of passing through the Cime Bianchi valley.Which environmentalists don't want to be touched.«It's where I take my friends when I want to show the real Aosta Valley.Instead of the cable car, it should be transformed into a natural park:tourism is changing and more and more people are coming from abroad to walk in unspoiled nature", the writer tells the newspaper Paolo Cognetti.«Even the best of projects have a negative environmental impact.We must choose what future we want", adds the president of the Alpine Club of Valle d'Aosta, Piermauro Reboulaz.The municipal administrations involved are in favor.A partnerships between Cervino spa and Monterosa spa, with prevalent public participation, would finance a fifth of the expenditure.The rest would be covered by the Region.But immediately after the preliminary study, the petition also arrived in the Council asking for the project to be blocked.Failed, with 2 favorable, 15 antonyms and 11 abstained.