The “For a sustainable and reliable south-north-link” coalition made its first official appearance in Bern. It comprises 14 organisations from the Swiss canton of Ticino as well as numerous individuals, and is coordinated by the Alpine Initiative. Their common goal is to maintain Ticino as a canton worth living in and to protect it from a further increase in HGV transit traffic. The coalition also explicitly supports the renovation of the Gotthard road tunnel without the construction of a second bore.