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VIENNA: Austria will devote 17 billion euros ($20bn) to greening its rail network despite a historic budget deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced Wednesday in its 2021 budget.
Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler, from the Green party, hailed the money as the “biggest rail package Austria has ever seen”.
The Greens have been in a coalition with the centre-right People’s Party (OeVP) since the beginning of the year.
Part of the new plan for the railways is a target to make the network carbon neutral by 2035 through electrification. (AFP)
Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler, from the Green party, hailed the money as the “biggest rail package Austria has ever seen”.
The Greens have been in a coalition with the centre-right People’s Party (OeVP) since the beginning of the year.
Part of the new plan for the railways is a target to make the network carbon neutral by 2035 through electrification. (AFP)
