The tender for the selection of a railway undertaking to provide transport services from 2027 for a period of 15 years on the rail link between Prague and Munich has been officially launched today by publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The aim are faster and better trains and higher quality of service on board.
The amendment to the Road Traffic Act simplifies the points system and tightens penalties for the most serious offences. It also introduces a mandatory prevention programme for fresh drivers who commit serious traffic offences. The proposal, which was approved by the parliament in its third reading, also allows people as young as 17 to drive a car under the supervision of a mentor. The amendment will now go to the senate for further consideration. If passed here and signed by the president, the act will be effective from 2024.
Coordination of the preparation of the construction of high-speed lines in the Central European region, cooperation in space activities and ITS and clean mobility. These will be the main topics of the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group, which starts on 1 July. Deputy Transport Minister Václav Bernard presented them to his colleagues from Slovakia, Hungary and Poland at a meeting of V4 Transport Ministers in the High Tatra mountains.
On Friday, 20 June 2023, another meeting of the Czech-German Working Group for the exchange of port areas of the Czech Republic in Hamburg took place in Prague. The Czech delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Transport Václav Bernard, discussed with the German representatives the investment in the new port area and the preparation of a contractual solution in connection with the recently leased area.
The Regional Authority of the Zlín Region has issued the binding consent opinion on the environmental impact assessment of the projects "Bělov Lock" and "Recreational Port Kroměříž", which extend the navigability of the Bata Canal to Kroměříž, whose investor is the Waterways Directorate of the Czech Republic. The design work on these structures can thus continue.
Správa železnic has announced a public tender for the Planning Permit Design for the new section of the Moravian Gate I HSL, which will be extended from Prosenice to Brodek u Přerova. Twelve kilometres of the new high-speed line will improve the transport service of the regional capital Olomouc.