The State Fund for Transport Infrastructure will have CZK 150.5 billion at its disposal next year. The draft budget of the Fund was approved by the Committee of the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure. The budget is made up of national resources amounting to CZK 118.4 billion, of which 26 billion is debt financing, and of European funds amounting to CZK 32.1.
In mid August, the Polish Railway Transport Authority (Urzęd Transportu Kolejowego) and the Czech Railway Authority (Drážní úřad) signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of cross-border rail transport. The agreement aims to ensure joint supervision of railway undertakings and railway operators with cross-border activities and to establish rules for access to border stations in both countries. As part of the agreement, the existing stations located on passenger tracks were also redefined as border stations.
Connecting Prague and Dresden by high-speed rail, deepening cooperation in preparing and securing funding for key transport projects and joint Czech-Saxon applied research projects in smart and alternative mobility. These were the main topics of the meeting between transport ministers Martin Kupka and Saxon state minister Martin Dulig, which took place today in Prague.
The Open Day at the Ministry of Transport, thematically devoted to the events of August 1968, was attended by 523 people. They had the opportunity to see the current premises of the Ministry of Transport, which served as the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia during the August events and hosted important political meetings. In front of the ministry building visitors saw an authentic infantry fighting vehicle of the occupation troops. The event also included a live recording of a new episode of the popular podcast Rewrite History.
During tomorrow's meeting of the COREPER I Permanent Representatives Committee, the Czech Republic will present its reservations to the current draft EURO 7 emission standard to the representatives of Spain, which holds the EU Council Presidency since 1 July. This is the next step in the negotiations to change the wording of this standard. The Czech Republic has long sought to postpone the effect date of the emission standard and to significantly modify its key parameters. More member states are on its side.
The loan from the European Investment Bank will provide up to CZK 24 billion for co-financing railway construction this year. Thanks to obtaining the alternative source of finance, the Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Finance, will hereby fill the record budget of the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure with CZK 150.9 billion.