By tram to Zdib from Prague, maybe already in 2025. And elsewhere? We’ll see
“At least we would like to put this section into operation at that time,” he reminded of the joint plans of the Central Bohemian Governor’s Office and the Prague City Hall. He considers the tram line to Zdiby to be one of the key constructions for solving traffic problems in the area north of Prague; specifically between the Vltava and the D10 motorway. In the future, there are also possible connections of related areas: first the village of Líbeznice and after 2030, the town of Odolena Voda could come next.
It is clear somewhere, it will be seen elsewhere
Additional tracks, also for trains, would also help to change travel in the mentioned area. Specifically, the Prague – Neratovice line, on which the management of the Central Bohemian governor’s office negotiates with the state Railway Administration. It should lighten the current trains and help “clean up” the D8 motorway. The plan also included an extension of the trolleybus network being built in this part of the metropolis, when it was planned to extend it beyond the capital by two routes. However, the region withdrew from the preparation of line 377 from Prague to Mratín and Kostelec nad Labem when trolleybuses loudly rejected both citizens and municipalities along the route. The main argument was the resistance against the “wiring” of municipalities by trolleys – and the opponents did not change their position even after explaining that it is planned to use so-called partial trolleybuses, which are battery-powered for part of the way, so “wires” do not have to be everywhere.
The tram line to Zdib is to be supplemented by other projects in the region and the state
Borecký does not mean to impose something that the locals do not, and so the plans for trolleybus line 377 fell through. Although the councilor is convinced that it is a mistake: “I think they have won more misinformation.” If they start to materialize, concrete results could also be seen sometime around 2025. “Plus minus,” Borecký specified.
About the possibility of pulling the tram out of the capital in the past, as well as representatives of the region and Prague in connection with other directions. At present, the most probable are possible plans for the future preparation of the tram line between Prague and Jesenice. However, the ideal form of the connection between the Jesenice area and Psár with the metropolis is uncertain. Within its framework, as the regional councilor told Deník, several previously indicated alternatives are assessed: in addition to trams, the possibility of “extension” of metro D, the introduction of trolleybuses or a new solution for buses. It should be clearer next year about what is most advantageous. On the contrary, Borecký does not like earlier sympathies for a possible tram line in Čestlice and possibly up to Průhonice. As he currently sees, he can talk about the new connection from Prague’s Hostivař towards Kostelec nad Černými lesy.
Intentions for a lot of money. But where to take them?
Ideas and plans are one thing – and having money to make them happen is another. Councilor Borecký describes the already planned constructions, which seem to be the most urgent, ie Zdiby, Brandýs nad Labem and Jesenice, as expensive; with doubts as to whether he would be able to pay in the current budget allocation of taxes (the way in which the state distributes part of the revenues from collected taxes among the regions on the basis of the rules set by law). The rules of money distribution have become stagnant in the past and do not reflect the changes of the past two decades, so the Central Bohemian Region expects a net tax revenue per capita of 7.5 thousand crowns, while the Pilsen Region, for example, should receive over nine thousand.
The municipalities rejected the introduction of trolleybuses. The region has retreated, leaving the plan
If the rules for the distribution of collected taxes do not change and at the same time the state does not fundamentally reconsider its support, the implementation of the plans is uncertain. In the context of Borecký’s commitment that a total of 3.5 billion crowns is currently earmarked for public transport in the regional budget, around 2030 it should be based on 7-7.5 billion according to current calculations.