Παναγιώτης Κ.
Μέλος
Σύμφωνα με το παρακάτω άρθρο, από φέτος αρχίζει ο περιορισμός κυκλοφορίας οχημάτων στο Sella Pass, ενώ από του χρόνου θα επεκταθεί και σε άλλα πάσσα των Δολομιτών:
UNESCO Threat to Dolomites Mountain Passes
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Traffic will be barred from Sella Pass this summer as the Dolomites battles to preserve its UNESCO World Heritage status.
Also, Smyril Line stars in the BBC’s latest Nordic drama. And, what does this weekend’s damp squib ‘Black and White Saturday’ mean we can expect for the next supposedly-super-busy Alpine changeover day.
UNESCO THREAT TO DOLOMITES MOUNTAIN PASSES
‘Traffic calming’ on Sella Pass this summer followed by other passes next year.
The Dolomites’ UNESCO World Heritage status is under threat if traffic is allowed to continue growing on its famous mountain roads.
The measures begin on Sella Pass this summer before being extended to other roads next year.
In an interview last week with South Tyrol magazine, Florian Zerzner who heads up the working group for ‘Dolomites Passes’, admitted the UNESCO designation was not under imminent threat but said the park would have to provide ‘a credible strategy about traffic calming’ in an official inspection in late summer.
The Dolomites UNESCO website continues, ‘These days commercial and tourist vehicle traffic, motor races and rallies, and the current craze for motorbikes and scooters, and the normal movement of local residents, is making the Dolomite valleys heavily congested. Aside from adversely affecting air quality, this traffic creates noise pollution and presents a hazard for both people and wildlife.’
The idea is to set up so-called ‘window locks’ where roads would close for several hours each day.
SS242 Sella Pass will be first, closed between 11:00-14:00 or 12:00-15:00 each day in July and August with the locks extended to other roads next year.
Sella (2240m) is in a cluster of very high Dolomites roads – among the best in the Alps – between Cortina d’Ampezzo and the Brenner Valley, east of Bolzano.
Other notable roads within just a few miles include Falzarego (2117m), Giau (2236m), Valparola (2192m), Fedaia (2056m), Pordoi (2239m) and Gardena (2137m). See more at PassFinder.
Ominously, Austria’s Grossglockner mountain road – reputedly the country’s second most visited tourist attraction – has just applied for UNESCO World Heritage designation.
However, traffic is already rigorously controlled via the high road toll, currently €35 per car.
Από εδώ: https://driveeuropenews.com/2016/02/15/unesco-threat-to-dolomites-mountain-passes/
UNESCO Threat to Dolomites Mountain Passes
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Traffic will be barred from Sella Pass this summer as the Dolomites battles to preserve its UNESCO World Heritage status.
Also, Smyril Line stars in the BBC’s latest Nordic drama. And, what does this weekend’s damp squib ‘Black and White Saturday’ mean we can expect for the next supposedly-super-busy Alpine changeover day.
UNESCO THREAT TO DOLOMITES MOUNTAIN PASSES
‘Traffic calming’ on Sella Pass this summer followed by other passes next year.
The Dolomites’ UNESCO World Heritage status is under threat if traffic is allowed to continue growing on its famous mountain roads.
The measures begin on Sella Pass this summer before being extended to other roads next year.
In an interview last week with South Tyrol magazine, Florian Zerzner who heads up the working group for ‘Dolomites Passes’, admitted the UNESCO designation was not under imminent threat but said the park would have to provide ‘a credible strategy about traffic calming’ in an official inspection in late summer.
The Dolomites UNESCO website continues, ‘These days commercial and tourist vehicle traffic, motor races and rallies, and the current craze for motorbikes and scooters, and the normal movement of local residents, is making the Dolomite valleys heavily congested. Aside from adversely affecting air quality, this traffic creates noise pollution and presents a hazard for both people and wildlife.’
The idea is to set up so-called ‘window locks’ where roads would close for several hours each day.
SS242 Sella Pass will be first, closed between 11:00-14:00 or 12:00-15:00 each day in July and August with the locks extended to other roads next year.
Sella (2240m) is in a cluster of very high Dolomites roads – among the best in the Alps – between Cortina d’Ampezzo and the Brenner Valley, east of Bolzano.
Other notable roads within just a few miles include Falzarego (2117m), Giau (2236m), Valparola (2192m), Fedaia (2056m), Pordoi (2239m) and Gardena (2137m). See more at PassFinder.
Ominously, Austria’s Grossglockner mountain road – reputedly the country’s second most visited tourist attraction – has just applied for UNESCO World Heritage designation.
However, traffic is already rigorously controlled via the high road toll, currently €35 per car.
Από εδώ: https://driveeuropenews.com/2016/02/15/unesco-threat-to-dolomites-mountain-passes/
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