The new footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists in Radotín is to open in mid-July
The original footbridge was in very poor condition for many years. The footbridge project and the tender for the contractor were prepared by the City Hall of Prague 16, and the money for the repair was given by the municipality. Today, workers placed a bridge structure, the so-called bridge deck, on the footbridge.
“Three and a half years ago, I came to the original architect, Mr. (Josef) Pleskot, with the designers, if he would try to find a solution. And they succeeded. The solution is to make a completely new bridge deck and a new central pylon, on which it is suspended. The city council will pay for the footbridge, but it ‘got away’ to the town hall in Radotín, “said Deputy Mayor Adam Scheinherr (Pirates).
The current footbridge from 1994 was in a desolate state for many years, when it was broken by floods in 2002 and 2013, and it had to be supported so that it would not collapse. Only one person could walk past her at a time. Originally, the city was considering demolishing it and building a new one for about 100 million. The trial was then delayed for more than two years due to a complaint from one of the participants in the competition to the Antimonopoly Office.
In the end, the city had the project redesigned. The new footbridge will be larger and higher and with four meters also a little wider.
Prague has long had problems with the condition of bridges and footbridges. In December 2017, a footbridge between Imperial Island and Troy collapsed, injuring four people. The city completed the construction of a replacement the year before last. This year, the construction of a new footbridge between Karlín and Holešovice across the island of Štvanice began. Of the bridges, the Libeňský, Hlávkův or Palackého bridges, for example, are in poor condition. The Technical Administration of Roads also repairs the Barrandov Bridge.