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.
Today, the government approved a series of measures to support the transport sector, which is also affected by measures introduced in connection with the spread of COVID-19 in Europe. The payments of toll and road tax will be postponed for truck transportation companies. Investment in traffic infrastructure will be strengthened and commuters travelling between the Czech Republic and Slovakia or Poland should also be helped.
The State Fund for Transport Infrastructure (SFDI) is preparing digital motorway coupons from 2021. The fund head Zbyněk Hořelica informed the transport minister Vladimír Kremlík about this. SFDI also started processing requests from regions to fund category II and III roads and is working on the budget for the next year.