Overview
- Work has begun to bore a roughly 500‑meter link from a city parking facility to the underground garage of Porsche’s Paschinger Schlössl.
- Salzburg’s urban planning commission granted final approval in September after a 2024 council go‑ahead, citing reduced emissions and fewer accidents on the narrow access road.
- About 20,000 residents have signed a petition urging a halt to the project, arguing it privileges a wealthy individual and encroaches beneath protected terrain on Kapuzinerberg.
- The tunnel’s access in a municipal garage carries a reported €48,000 right‑of‑way fee, a figure opponents criticize as disproportionate to the scale of the intervention.
- Mayor Bernhard Auinger, a former Porsche employee, says the current administration inherited the permit process, a stance that has intensified political friction in the city.