Říčany also wants to drive trucks off the roads, to respond to the move of Prague City Hall
Říčany u Prahy wants to push trucks weighing over 12 tons out of the city. The aim of the planned measures is to transfer heavy transit traffic to the motorway and first class road. Only trucks for local supplies could enter the city, but for example at a limited time of day.
“We are now preparing documents for the overall solution, which will include a traffic survey beyond the city limits of Říčany, a proposal for the modification of traffic signs and discussions with the relevant authorities. We will cooperate with the surrounding municipalities so that the traffic load is not transferred to them, “said Councilor David Michalička (Quiet City).
City Hall is preparing for the announced ban on entry of trucks longer than 12 meters into PragueAccording to her, Říčany would expect a traffic collapse in such a case.
According to Adéla Ambrožová, a spokeswoman for the town hall, Říčany’s deputies are therefore calling for the immediate completion of the ring road around Prague and are urging the Central Bohemian Region not to allow traffic sacrifice to the municipalities near Prague.
Hejtman Miloš Petera (ČSSD) has previously said that truck transport cannot disperse around the Central Bohemian Region. Representatives of the governor’s office are to negotiate with Prague on the effects of the ban on trucks entering Prague’s streets inside the ring road.
The Prague City Hall wants to ban the entry of trucks due to the exclusion of the completion of the Prague ring road between the D1 motorway and Běchovice from the list of projects to be obtained in the accelerated EIA procedure, ie the environmental impact assessment of constructions.
Deputy Mayor of Prague Petr Dolínek (ČSSD) recently said that the aim of the ban is not to push truck traffic to populated parts of Central Bohemia. According to him, people from Říčany and other cities around the metropolis should not take away the fact that Prague wants to protect its inhabitants. According to an earlier statement by the deputy, the entry ban for trucks could therefore also apply to Říčany and other cities.