Project Description

Bike St. Gotthard

Client Support, Stakeholder Management, Development of Planning Foundations, Implementation Coordination, Support for Regions in Establishing Project Ownership and Defining Cost Allocation, Quality Assurance, and Monitoring of the Regional Route.

11 municipalities, 4 cantons, 3 languages, incredible views and a total of 181 kilometres of riding fun – this is what supra-regional planning can look like!

The San Gottardo Program (PSG) is a joint initiative of the cantons of Uri, Graubünden, and Ticino and has served as a political instrument for regional development in the Gotthard area since 2008.

One of the key focus areas of this inter-cantonal tourism project is the development of a cross-regional mountain bike infrastructure.

n Phase 2 of the Bike St. Gotthard project, Bikeplan took on the coordination for the implementation of a regional SchweizMobil route around the Gotthard.

The foundation for this was the Mountainbike Synthesis 2.0 by Allegra. The regional route was primarily planned along existing trails, some of which required structural modifications.

Thus, in collaboration with Allegra, trail assessments were conducted, followed by Bikeplan taking the lead in:

– Defining the necessary trail modifications,

– Clarifying the approval process,

– Securing co-financing, and

– Engaging in discussions with affected municipalities, regional developers, cantonal authorities, and other stakeholders.

On behalf of the municipalities, a submission dossier was then prepared for the cantonal approval processes based on these findings.

Additionally, Bikeplan provided advisory support to municipalities and regions, assisting them in establishing project ownership structures and determining cost allocation.

The project has been continued with Phase 3 since June 2022.

In this phase, Bikeplan is responsible for the coordination and quality assurance of the implementation measures, as well as for the signage planning and the official registration of the route with SchweizMobil.

The St. Gotthard Bike Routes are a flagship project within the framework of the Swiss New Regional Policy (NRP).

With the support of the federal government and the four Gotthard cantons, an inter-cantonal tourism project was initiated and implemented, spanning four cantons, four cultural regions, and three language zones.

regiosuisse

Netzwerkstelle Regionalentwicklung

Milestones of the San Gottardo Project

2016: Concept development with the ‘St. Gotthard Bike Labyrinth’
2018: Further development of the scheme
2021: Addition to the ‘St. Gotthard Bike Labyrinth’ - two (instead of one) official routes are to be created
2023: Steering group formed for the final planning
2024: Opening of the two new mountain bike routes ML 85 with starting point Airolo and ML 84 with starting point Nufenen Pass
From 2025: quality improvements and structural additions

Client

Programm San Gottardo

Actors involved

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Programm San Gottardo
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Cantons Uri, Graubünden, Tessin and Wallis
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Regional developer
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Local communities
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Tourism organisations
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SchweizMobil

Services

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Spatial planning analysis
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Trail assessments (together with Allegra)
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Technical report
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Fact sheet maintenance
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Preparation of draft cost apportionment as a basis for negotiation

Dates

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Creation of planning basis: 2017 - 2019
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Coordination of authorisation processes since 2019
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Coordination Implementation: since 2020
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Signalisation planning: since 2022
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Quality assurance: since 2022
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Route registration SwitzerlandMobility: from 2023

Projektteam

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Stefan Oberer
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Jan Oggier
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Lisa Wolfsteiner
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Marco Steiger
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ehemalig Matthias Güntensperger

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contact@bikeplan.swiss
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