Coca-Cola lost, she will not build a giant warehouse in Prague
Even the position until September this year did not help the world’s most valuable brands Coca-Cole persuade the inhabitants of the Prague 14 district to agree with the plan and similar constructions of giant storage and shipping halls, estimated at several tens, perhaps a stove of crowns. The Czech branch of Coca-Cola HBC therefore withdrew from the plan to build a hall on an area of 150 times 115 and next to the height of up to 35 meters of its production plant on the border of Prague’s Kyjí and Hostavice.
“Our company considered several variants of a noiseless and emission-free storage hall mainly due to the rationalization of transport costs, ie the overall reduction of distributed beverage volumes, which would mean lower fuel consumption and therefore less impact on the environment,” said Director of External Relations. . Coca-Cola HBC CR / SR Milan Luzum.
“Due to the successful cost-saving measures implemented both at the distribution center in Horní Počernice and at the production plant in Kyje, we decided not to request an environmental impact analysis (EIA) and possibly return it in the future,” he added.
The city district and the local civic associations did not like the size of the building and the increased to double freight traffic at the site of the new warehouse. “They submitted only one plan and did not respect our comments. That was the reason why we got into a somewhat emotionally distinct communication, “said the mayor of the Prague 14 district, Radek Vondra (TOP 09). However, according to the territorial area, the area in question is ready for industrial development, so if the company comes up with a modified hall plan in the future, the city district will be happy to discuss it.
The civic association The Future of Hostavice also protested against the size and the building against the building itself. “I do not know if this is good news. We thought that we would rather sit down at the table and then build something there that does not interfere so much with the landscape, “said the head of the association, Jaroslava Rytychová.