In 1995 the Federal Council confirms the NRLA as part of a network option incorporating the construction of the Gotthard and Lötschberg Base Tunnels. It instructs the Department of Finance to develop a new funding model. President of the Confederation Kaspar Villiger, Federal Councillors Adolf Ogi and Otto Stich brief the public.
« With their decision of 4 October 1991 regarding the construction of the Swiss rail link through the Alps, the Councils approved the concept comprising two new transit axes. »
Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy, Consultation document for the Federal Council, 13.02.1995
