Overview

• The city planning committee approved a 500-meter driveway tunnel and an underground garage for Wolfgang Porsche’s villa on the Kapuzinerberg.
• SPÖ, ÖVP and FPÖ supported the permit, while the Greens and KPÖ voted against it.
• The decision requires sign-off by Land Salzburg, and FPÖ state official Martin Zauner has signaled support for the project.
• An earlier legal opinion deemed the plan not approvable because the tunnel was not separately filed, a view countered this week by two statements, including one reportedly commissioned by Porsche from a retired state building official.
• Protests and a petition with more than 19,000 signatures oppose the project, and critics plan complaints that could push the case to higher courts.