The minister of transport Karel Havlíček opened a new section of motorway D48 between Rybí and Rychaltice in a total length of 11.5 km. Also, a 3 km long section of 1st class road between Skotnice and Příbor connecting motorway D1 with D48 was opened.
Today, the Chamber of Deputies discussed in a first reading draft amendment to Act on Rail, which sets uniform conditions for railway in the EU and on national level introduces monitoring of time designated for driving a rail vehicle on national or regional rail.
On its today’s meeting, the working commission to improve safety of the railways traffic adopted a plan to make the Czech railways safer even in the last two categories, i.e. on regional routes. We finally know, when and how will Správa železnic (National railway infrastructure manager) coordinate the installation of additional features on the Czech railways (e.g. ETCS). The safety commission accomplished its target that was assigned by the minister of transport Karel Havlíček.
As of 31 December 2020, new rules for operation of drones will start to apply in the Czech Republic as well as in Europe. They will apply to both newly sold and previously purchased devices. The rules will apply also to aircraft models and all unmanned airplanes. Drones will be newly sorted in three categories and operators must register on the website of the Civil Aviation Authority. Operators will receive a registration number to mark all of their drones. New rules respond to the current situation in the rapidly changing sector.
The new electronic vignettes with validity from 1 January 2021 are now available for purchase. The e-vignettes can be bought at edalnice.cz, post offices and petrol stations EuroOil. On the first day (1 December 2020) people bought on the e-shop eDalnice 2,398 e-vignettes in the total amount of CZK 3,541,395. In most of the cases, people purchased a one-year vignette (2,333). The petrol stations EuroOil sold 137 e-vignettes and post offices 281 e-vignettes. In total, 2,861 electronic vignettes were sold on the first day.
After a complete reconstruction, the highest bridge on D1 is fully open. The bridge Vysočina by Velké Meziříčí, which is 425 metres long and 70 metres high, was widened to 12.5 metres. The bottom part of the bridge was reconstructed and the surface is protected against corrosion. The modernisation roadworks on section 19 of D1 ended on Sunday 29 November.