Graubünden government intervenes in Corvatsch advertising dispute

The Graubünden government is now taking action in the dispute over the huge advertising slide of the Engadin/St. Moritz mountain railroads on Piz Corvatsch. It is of the opinion that a procedure for buildings outside the construction zone BAB is necessary for such projections, as reported by the SDA: both the projector and the still image on the northern slope of Piz Corvatsch are outside the construction zone. For this reason, the municipality of Silvaplana is not solely responsible for approval, said Director of Economic Affairs Hansjörg Trachsel at the cantonal government's monthly meeting with the media in Chur.
The government had held back because a case like that of the giant projection measuring 163 by 163 meters on Corvatsch is not mentioned in any law. The advertisement for the 100th anniversary of the Engadin/St. Moritz mountain railroads is to be illuminated at night for six weeks in January and February.
However, the installation is highly controversial, and not just in the Upper Engadin. The advertisement has also been sharply criticized by the Swiss Heritage Society and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Conservation for causing light pollution and spoiling the landscape (see
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