Prague revives ODS plan to lead the City Circuit on the surface. However, she did not stop the preparation of Blanka 2
At the instigation of the Troika Coalition, the capital will have to re-examine whether the continuation of Blanka could not lead to the surface. It could be faster and cheaper. But work on Blanca 2 will not interrupt the city. Now he is still selecting designers who will draw a subsurface variant with three tunnels with an estimated price of 50 billion crowns.
Prague – To be continued Blanka tunnel from Holešovičky to Štěrbohol, the capital will have alternative options developed for the route already being prepared, nicknamed Blanka 2. The Prague coalition, formed by YES, CSSD and the Troika Coalition.
However, the study of the so-called surface variant of the City Circuit line will not stop the work on the tunnel route being prepared so far. The city will announce a tender for the study supplier around mid-July and wants to select the final variant in the spring of next year.
The parties have been debating the form of the continuation of the City Circuit for a long time. YES and the CSSD are promoting a variant with several tunnels through Balabenka, for which the city is already selecting designers. The Trojkoalice, formed by the Greens, the People’s Party and the Mayors, disagrees with this route and demands the development of a second, mostly superficial variant.
Return to the ODS plan
Five years ago, the then town hall coalition led by the ODS also came with surface leadership. Its transport councilor Josef Nosek argued for two reasons: The city does not have an estimated 40 billion to build tunnels, and moreover, their construction is in sight. The preparation alone was estimated at ten years.
“The city ring road can be put into operation in four years at a cost of around four billion crowns,” Nosek said in October 2012, referring to an alternative option that would lead along existing roads, which would only be modified and expanded in some places.
But this variant eventually fell under the table. In the spring of 2013, the coalition at Prague City Hall collapsed and the ODS found itself in opposition. And the ruling TOP 09 has started to promote the three-tunnel variant again.
Now the city can return to the five-year-old proposal. “In mid-July, the city will enter an external study that will examine the possibility of increasing the capacity of some roads. mayor of the CSSD Petr Dolínek.
He is to make a final decision in the spring of next year
According to the chairman of the Greens, Matěj Stropnický, preparations for the construction of Tuesday’s agreement will not stop. “But before the final decision is made, the city will have two comparable options on the table, one of which will come out of the competition. Only next spring will it decide whether to invest in the expensive option or the cheaper one we will strive for mine, “said Stropnický.
The city is now competing with the designers of the completion of the circuit. That was not stopped by Tuesday’s agreement.
The construction of the route, which is being promoted by ANO and the CSSD, could start in 2023 if approved, and the costs are estimated at 50 billion crowns. The length of the route should be 10.25 kilometers and will consist of three sections.
The Trojkoalice variant does not plan to build one large-capacity road, but envisages traffic management on two already existing routes. One would lead from Pelc-Tyrolka along Povltavská Street towards Českobrodská Street. There would be a tunnel under Malešice on it. The second would lead the driver from Holešovičky through the Industrial Semi-Circuit. It is based on the proposals presented five years ago by the already cited Nosek.
The city or inner circle builds the capital with its own money without the contribution of the state and European funds. It operates in the section from Holešovičky (Pelc-Tyrolky) through the Blanka tunnel towards Petřiny, where it connects to the Strahov tunnel. Then it leads through Mrázovka to the Barrandov Bridge and across the South Junction to the Štěrboholská Radial, where it ends. The first part of the circuit started operating in the 1980s, the last time the Blanka tunnel complex was opened in September 2015.