The thing with these expansion links is that tourists always want them and locals never do… and you can understand both sides…
The article you posted ‘davidof’ spells it out, that these resorts need to expand to compete… More and more these days, folks want to travel and holiday in larger areas…
Les Contamines maybe a lovely village and a great little ski area but I imagine it could be skied out by any intermediate skier in a couple of days… The link across to St Gervais IMO would bring more folk into Les Contamines to stay as you get the traditional village feel and a big expansive region, as opposed to the town feel of St Gervais…
A difficult one really to see with… As a potential investor in the village, I guess I am siding with the link going ahead, but I know that will not go down too well with the locals… Which again, I understand…