Havlíček: The Line Act will shorten the preparation of new motorways by years

Havlíček: The Line Act will shorten the preparation of new motorways by years
6/3/2020Press releases

Thirty important traffic construction projects are delayed due to ecological and other associations. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister of Transport Karel Havlíček will negotiate with them again with the aim of completing these constructions. In addition, the Minister will promote the Line Act in the Chamber of Deputies to speed up the construction. It is one of the priorities of the resort.

Havlíček: The Line Act will shorten the preparation of new motorways by years
 “We have the money, we want to build, but our main problem is organizations that block construction. We will negotiate with them. Tens of thousands of people are held hostage by these organizations,“ said the Prime Minister after the meeting at the Road and Motorway Directorate.

The total of 108 construction projects are delayed, of which three dozen are constructions of motorways. Currently blocked constructions include the completion of the D1 motorway between Říkovice and Přerov, the completion of a 60-kilometre section of the D3 motorway in Central Bohemia, a section on D49 Hulín – Fryšták, Mikulov bypass on D52 or a section of D55 between Staré Město and Moravský Písek.

Apart from negotiations with activists, the Minister of Transport will promote the adoption of the so-called Line Act, which is supposed to shorten the preparation of constructions by years. “If we amend the Line Act, add the Polish or German model, we could speed up even the completion of the D11 motorway towards Poland by a year or two.“ said the Minister of Transport and added that the Polish side will reach the border with its S3 motorway between 2023 and 2024 and traffic complications may occur.

Currently, 225.5 kilometres of motorways and category I roads are under construction. This includes 113.1 km of motorways on the green field, 60.7 km of D1 modernization, to which a 10.3 km section will be added this year, and 51 kilometres of category I roads, which are mostly city bypasses.

A total of 80.8 km of motorways and category I roads will be opened in 2020, which means 21.3 km of new motorways, 22.7 km of category I roads and 36.8 km of the new D1. Specifically, people will be able to use two new motorway sections near Řevničov on D6 to Karlovy Vary or the section Rybí – Rychaltice on the D48 motorway. This year, the Road and Motorway Directorate will have a budget of over 50 billion CZK this year, which is double the money compared to 2014 and at the same time the most money since 2009.

The current construction sites in the Czech Republic can be found for example in our interactive map.
 
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