Communication Officer
Gemeinde Suhr
Suhr
Key information
- Publication date:08 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Suhr
Job summary
The VERAS project aims to enhance transportation in Suhr, balancing needs for people, animals, and nature. This year, we vote on crucial funding for its future.
Tasks
- Improve traffic flow and reduce congestion in Suhr.
- Create safer pathways for pedestrians and cyclists.
- Develop infrastructure to support local wildlife and environment.
Skills
- Experience in urban planning or civil engineering is preferred.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of environmental regulations and urban development.
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" VERAS "
simply explained:
An improvement for traffic and a balance for people, animals, and nature.
This year we are voting on money for an important construction project.
It has a big impact on the future.
Text: Pascal Nater
There is more and more traffic. Why?
Therefore, in the future, cars should
The planning took a lot of time. So
We drive to work, order packages that do not want to stop in Suhr, Suhr has big projects with many small intersections in new apartments or just pass by. There are also places where roads need space,
holidays. In the morning and evening there are especially many cars on the streets. This increases safety and you can
better sidewalks and new bike paths. Therefore, at some places, commercial areas have to be removed. In other places, farmland must be removed. Replacement must be found for this.
Many lines for electricity, gas, water, and wastewater must be newly planned.
Part of " VERAS " is a bypass of Suhr. Cars can pass through Suhr via a new tunnel.
Shortly before the furniture store Püster, there is a new roundabout at the intersection near Hotel Bären and the roundabout in front of the shops on Tramstrasse.
The canton has been working for more than twenty years on a good solution for Suhr and the region. The traffic jam in the village center and at the two barriers is unpleasant for everyone.
If you want to go directly to Gränichen or the Wynental, you drive from the roundabout directly into the tunnel (red). The tunnel goes under the Wynematte in the south of Suhr and comes out again on the road to Gränichen before the highway bridge.
Additionally, there will later be a new road along the highway to Oberentfelden (green).
The relief road runs along the highway to Oberentfelden.
It will come later
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of course also the people: If they fear experiencing a disadvantage from a new road, they are allowed to resist. Then a "compromise" is sought together.
VERAS Short Information
What does VERAS mean?
Traffic infrastructure development space Suhr
Why is VERAS needed?
The streets and life in Suhr become more beautiful and the people in Suhr and Gränichen talk better about Suhr. This is also good for the economy.
What does VERAS cost?
The total costs are currently being calculated by the canton for our share for Suhr.
What does VERAS include?
An improvement of the streets and paths for cars, pedestrians, and bicycles.
During construction, animals, landscape, and environment are also considered.
What does VERAS bring to Suhr and the region?
For Suhr and the Wynental, the traffic jam will be smaller. Travel times will be shorter. There is less noise and exhaust.
Who pays for it?
The law states how much of the streets the municipality of Suhr must pay and how much the canton. The federal government and canton provide a lot of money for "VERAS" because they are convinced that it is an improvement from which many people benefit. For such improvements, a lot of money comes from the road fund. Drivers have paid for it, for example, with the highway vignette, with the mineral oil tax when refueling gasoline, and with the motor vehicle tax.
Suhr has to pay the smallest part of the project. But that is still a lot of money for Suhr. However, we do not have to pay the entire amount immediately, but a small part each year. Just like when paying for the school building.
To Suhr: A bridge over the SBB track at Püster instead of a traffic jam at the barrier.
Pascal Nater is the communication officer of the municipality of Suhr.
A roundabout leads to the bridge over the SBB track and to the entrance of the tunnel.
The tunnel begins behind the furniture store Püster and leads past Suhr to Gränichen and the Wynental.
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To the VERAS project page of the canton
Questions for Matthias Adelsbach
The overall project manager of the canton of Aargau is deputy cantonal engineer and has already informed several times at the information forum about the project status.
Matthias Adelsbach,
Deputy Cantonal Engineer (photo).
Interview: Pascal Nater
The canton has been planning for years. Now the project is entering the decisive phase. Are you nervous?
No, I am not nervous, especially since I am convinced that we have developed a very good project that brings benefits for Suhr. And my conversations at the Gwärbi in Gränichen confirmed to me that the desire for an improvement of the situation is also very great in the region.
Who pays the planning costs if the credit is rejected?
So far, the canton has borne the planning costs. If the credit is rejected, the project would be completed. As part of the settlement, the municipality of Suhr would be charged a share of the planning costs. The basis for determining the cost key is also the Road Act.
The current situation of the renovated Tramstrasse is a topic in the village. Is it about where there is space for it. This is also the case with VERAS, where we now bypass the settlement area with a tunnel and thus also protect agricultural land.
Would a half-connection to the A1 motorway not be the better solution?
The Federal Roads Office (ASTRA) is very cautious about new connections because these are usually the weak points in the traffic flow on the motorway. One must also understand that motorway connections act like a sponge and attract additional traffic.
What actually happens if Suhr rejects the credit for VERAS?
Without measures, the traffic problem and the associated burdens in the settlement area of Suhr and Gränichen will continue. For alternative solutions, for example to improve the traffic situation at the railway crossings, these topics must continue. There is no direct connection between VERAS and the tram street issue, so these topics are not linked.
Not only Suhr benefits from VERAS. Why does only Suhr have to pay something?
Suhr's share of the total costs of VERAS is only a few percent. The vast majority is financed through the cantonal motor vehicle tax, i.e., for example, by a driver living in Frick or the owner of a truck in Muri. And they have relatively little to do with VERAS. In addition, there is a large financial contribution that the federal government has already committed.
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