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A1 widening off the table

Friday, 30 January 2026 06:30

A1 autoroute - file image

The transport minister Albert Rösti has made his priorities clear - and widening the A1 between Lausanne and Geneva is not happening anytime soon.

Instead, the autoroute will be widened near Aarau and on the Geneva bypass between Perly and Bernex - the only road project in French-speaking Switzerland in the next development phase, with a price tag of CHF 1bn.

The Lausanne–Geneva project isn’t dead, though. Rösti says it’s just on hold - and would need a new referendum to come back.

Meanwhile, the Romandie scores big on rail. Nearly CHF 7bn for stations and tracks around Lake Geneva which includes the major renovation of Cornavin.
 

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