The authorities have given the green light for the construction of an observation deck in a mountain face in the Swiss Alps.
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The Bern cantonal government on Thursday said it had approved amended plans for a balcony near the top of the Stockhorn mountain in the Bernese Oberland.
The initial project launched two years ago for a glass observation platform, nicknamed the “nose ring”, ran into opposition from environmental groups.
The revised project by the local cable car company foresees a balcony of three metres squared to be built next year.
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The operators of the cable car on the Stockhorn near Thun want to spend SFr500,000 ($518,000) to build the platform, which would enable visitors to exit a tunnel near the summit and look straight down the near vertical north face. But Pro Natura and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Protection (SL), along with several individuals,…
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