Action plan for Health and the Environment in Crans-Monana (APUG) (Plan d'action environnement et santé (PAES) Crans-Montana)
In the framework of its Action plan for Health and the Environment, the Crans-Montana region has assumed a pioneer role in the field of mobility and quality of life at the inter-community level. The region, with its six communities located between the valley floor and the high mountains, is implementing numerous projects to solve its traffic problems. They also serve the health of local residents and visitors in an intact environment. The projects are being implemented without detriment to the performance of the economy or the attraction of this region for the individual.
Project executive
Project management: a commission to co-ordinate the activities of the six local authorities in the Crans-Montana region represented by their respective mayors. The project partners comprise 4 clinics, the Crans-Montana Tourist Office, Crans-Montana-Aminona (cableway company), the Agenda 21 Commission, and the Siders regional authority.
Participants
The six local authorities of the Crans-Montana region, tourism organisations, cableway companies, 4 clinics, a social and health centre, a regional school centre, transport operators (cableways, public transport, taxis), trade associations (retail, hotels, restaurants, construction), farmers, Valais College, the Caprices Festival, the Valais cantonal authority, the Valais Chamber of Agriculture, and the Swiss Ministry of Health.
Objectives
Implementation of specific measures for a sustainable improvement in the quality of life of residents and visitors to the six communities of Crans-Montana, taking account of the needs of environmental protection and the regional economy in equal measure. Expected results: (1) The mobility problem is now being addressed and a solution is on its way. (2) A sustainably managed urban and rural environment offers a variety of attractive forms of mobility based on the use of “personal energy”. (3) Residents and visitors have been made aware of forms of mobility that promote their personal wellbeing and protect the environment at the same time. (4) A policy designed to enhance the living space has been introduced. (5) The communities have issued a joint guideline for the management of traffic, the rural area, water, and buildings old and new.
Activities
15 projects: Mobility for all (traffic); Millipedes – sustainable development trail; Better diet and more exercise; Crans-Montana and its environs – sustainable development in the rural area; Better shopping and less driving – promoting regional produce; Water in Crans-Montana; Yesterday’s buildings step by step; Feeling at home in Crans-Montana; Well being well said; Communication; Healthy food in the catering trade – the Green Fork label; Crans-Montana – the region that walks; Modern buildings; Stop smoking; Intercommunity master plan (Icogne, Lens, Chermignon, Montana, Tandogne, Mollens).
Results
Intercommunity master plan with chapters on mobility, water management, regional planning and a proposal for the destination of the future; experiments with meeting zones (with priority for pedestrians, 20 km/h speed limit); creation of 3 themed trails: Millipedes (sustainable development trail for schools), Transhumance Trail (www.transhumance.ch), Water Trail; development of a strategy for marketing walking activities in collaboration with all actors in the tourist trade; Mobility Meeting Place for persons with reduced mobility and to promote the services of the social and health centre; School of Taste and culinary festivals to promote regional produce; no-smoking campaign with information for schools, 20 restaurants with no-smoking zones and 2 completely no-smoking restaurants plus campaigns on public transport and on the ski slopes; regional magazine with website; launch of a study into the creation of a local authorities’ association.
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