Prague will change the zoning plan for land near the Letňany metro station
Prague – Prague will obtain a change in the zoning plan necessary for the construction of a new district on land near the Letňany metro station. The city council decided today. Buildings for civil servants, flats and hospitals should be built on the plots in cooperation between the city and the state. Representatives of the surrounding city districts demand that the city complete the transport infrastructure before construction.
In addition to changes to the zoning plan, the municipality plans to create an urban study for the entire territory. According to the mayor’s deputy for territorial development Petr Hlaváček (TOP 09), the change counts on flats, a reasonable amount of administrative space and a reserve for a hospital with a size of approximately 1,000 beds. The Letňany – Kbely development area also includes private land, the new district plans to build a PPF group there on the site of the current sports airport, and the Avie Letňany complex is also undergoing transformation.
Today, based on the requests of the mayors of Prague 9, Kbel, Letňany and Čakovice, Hlaváček incorporated into the approved resolution a reminder that it is necessary to complete the transport infrastructure to serve the new district, especially both city circuits and the Vysočany radial. “The project means a certain burden on the territory and, of course, we need to perceive significant investments in the transport infrastructure of the city, but also the state. We will worry about the city districts and we will do everything we can to not fail. said the objection.
Regarding the state’s plan to build a complex for officials on the land, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (YES) previously argued with Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates). In the past, the premiere called on the municipality’s leadership to transfer its land in Letňany to the state. The city resisted, Hřib rejected the idea of an “official ghetto” and made the transfer of land to the state subject to a number of conditions, such as a financial contribution to the completion of the city ring road. The ongoing negotiations followed, including exchanges of buildings and land between the city and the state, and the state’s promise to contribute 60 billion to the city to complete the city ring road. This year, there was also the possibility that the state could take over the completion completely, but no decision has been made yet.