SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC © Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic

© Institute for Spatial Development THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

DECREE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

as of May 17th, 2006, No 561 on the Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic

The Government

I. a p p r o v e s the Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic included in the part of the IIIrd material, reference number 661/06 (thereinafter, only “Policy”);

II. i m p o s e s 1. to the Government members and heads of the other central administrative authorities a) to take into consideration the Policy when elaborating conceptual documents within the competence of the Minis- tries and authorities managed by them, b) to fulfil the tasks determined by the Policy, c) to cooperate with the Minister for Regional Development on elaboration of the Report on the Policy application, 2. to the Minister for Regional Development a) in cooperation with the ministers concerned and with heads of the other central administration authorities to submit the Report on the Policy application, and the updated draft of the Policy to the Government before December 31st, 2008, b) to provide the publication of that decree in the Official Gazette of the Government to be at the disposal of regional and municipal authorities, 3. to the Minister for Regional Development in cooperation with the Vice-premier and the Minister of Transport, Ministers of Environment and Agriculture that they create a joint committee in which the regions concerned should be represented for the purpose of feasibility and purposefulness verification of the protection of the area along the canal connection Danube – Odra – Labe and to submit the recommendation of the commission mentioned to the Government before December 31st, 2007;

III. r e c o m m m e n d s 1. to governors of regions and to the Mayor of the city of Praha a) to take the Policy into consideration when procuring the planning documentation, and then elaborating conceptual documents, b) to cooperate with the members of the Government, as well as with heads of the other central state administration authorities, ba) when fulfilling the objectives determined by the Policy, bb) when elaborating the Report on Policy application, c) to cooperate with members of the Government within the joint committee the objective of which is to examine the feasibility and purposefulness of the of the protection of area along the canal connection Danube – Odra – Labe, 2. to the mayors of municipalities, to take the Policy into consideration when procuring the planning documentation of municipalities and when elaborating conceptual documents.

To be realized by: Members of Government, heads of the other central administration authorities.

Notice to: Governors of regions, the Mayor of the city of Praha. Prime Minister Ing. Jiří P a r oubek, in his own hand SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION ...... 7 1.1 Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic ...... 8 1.2 Links of the Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic to international agreements, to documents of international organizations, and of neighbouring States ...... 8 1.3 Relation of the Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic to other development instruments ...... 8 1.4 Structure of the document entitled Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic ...... 9

2. NATIONAL SPATIAL PLANNING PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ...... 11 2.1 Objective ...... 12 2.2 Proposal...... 12

3. DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT AXES ...... 15 3.1 Objective ...... 16 3.2 Proposal...... 16 3.2.1 Development areas ...... 16 3.2.2 Development axes ...... 21

4. SPECIFIC AREAS ...... 27 4.1 Objective ...... 28 4.2 Proposal...... 28

5. TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AND AREAS ...... 37 5.1 Objective ...... 38 5.2 Proposal...... 38 5.2.1 Transport corridors and areas of international importance ...... 38 5.2.1.1 Multimodal corridors ...... 38 5.2.1.2 Railway transport ...... 38 5.2.1.3 Road transport ...... 42 5.2.1.4 Waterway transport ...... 43 5.2.1.5 Combined transport ...... 44 5.2.1.6 Airports ...... 44 5.2.2 Transport corridors and areas of nationwide importance ...... 45 5.2.2.1 Road transport ...... 45 5.2.2.2 Waterway transport ...... 48 5.2.2.3 Combined transport ...... 49

6. TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS AND AREAS ...... 55 6.1 Objective ...... 56 6.2 Proposal...... 56 6.2.1 Technical infrastructure corridors and areas of international importance ...... 56 6.2.1.1 Energy industry ...... 56 6.2.1.2 Gas industry ...... 57 6.2.1.3 Long distance oil pipelines ...... 58 6.2.2 Technical infrastructure corridors and areas of nationwide importance ...... 58 6.2.2.1 Energy industry ...... 58 6.2.2.2 Gas industry ...... 60 6.2.2.3 Long distance oil pipelines ...... 61 6.2.2.4 Electronic communications ...... 61 6.2.2.5 Water resources management ...... 61 6.2.2.6 Waste management ...... 62

4 7 EXPLANATION OF CONCEPTS ...... 67

8. RELATION AMONG DEVELOPMENT AREAS, DEVELOPMENT AXES AND SPECIFIC AREAS ...... 69

LIST OF CHARTS

Chart 1: Development areas and development axes Chart 2: Specific areas Chart 3: Trans-European multimodal corridors Chart 4: Railway transport Chart 5: Road transport Chart 6: Waterway and air transport Chart 7: Energy industry Chart 8: Gas industry Chart 9: Long distance pipelines

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 5 6 1 INTRODUCTION

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 7 1 INTRODUCTION administrative region. The area is understood as a part of territory delimited with regard to the existing or the required use, and which, by 1.1 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE its importance, extent and/or use will influence CZECH REPUBLIC the territory of several municipalities or regi- ons. The area delimited for the localization of transport and technical infrastructure lines is (1) Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Repub- understood as a corridor; lic (thereinafter, “SDP CR”) is a spatial planning (e) determines, within the limited regions, areas, instrument determining the requirements and fra- and corridors the criteria and conditions on meworks for concretization of objectives of spa- possible variants or alternatives of changes in tial planning in the nationwide, cross-border, and the area and for their consideration, especially international contexts, with regard to sustainable with respect to their future importance, possi- development of the territory above all, and deter- ble endangerment, development, recession, mines the strategy and basic pre-conditions for preference and risks. meeting these objectives. The SDP CR provides a framework for a consensual spatial development and evaluation of the CR territory (thereinafter, 1.2 LINKS OF THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PO- “spatial development”). To reach a necessary co- LICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO INTERNA- ordination of sectoral and intersectoral concepts, TIONAL AGREEMENTS, TO DOCUMENTS OF namely the planning documentation of regions INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF and investment programmes (programme develo- NEIGHBOURING STATES pments) having influence on the CR spatial deve- lopment and which, by their importance, overpass (3) The spatial development policy of the CR takes the territory of a region (thereinafter, “investment into consideration the requirements for spatial de- programmes”) the SDP CR ensures, for this pur- velopment resulting, for the CR, from internatio- pose, the cooperation of ministries, further central nal agreements and memberships in international administration authorities and regions. 1) organizations (UN, OECD, Council of Europe and (2) The spatial development policy European Union). (a) stipulates the national priorities of the town and (4) The following documents have been applied for country planning for ensuring the area sustai- the elaboration of the SDP: documents of Habitat, nable development, consisting in the balanced EEC UN, documents of the Commission for terri- relationship of conditions for the favourable torial development at the OECD, documents of the environment, for economic development, and Council of Europe (e.g. The Guiding Principles of for cohesion of community of inhabitants of Sustainable Spatial Development on the European the area; Continent from 2000, Declaration of Ljubljana on (b) delimits the areas with increased requirements Territorial Dimension of Sustainable Development for the changes in the area due to concentrati- from 2003), EU Documents (e.g., European Per- on of the activities of the international and na- spectives of Spatial Development from 1999, Visi- tional importance or the areas, which by their on Planet from 2000, Lisbon/Gothenburg Strategy importance, exceed the borders of one admi- from 2001, as well as other international agree- nistrative region, that means the development ments, contracts and treaties relating to spatial areas and development axes. A change in the development where the CR is one of contracting area is understood as the change of its use or parties. spatial arrangement; (5) The Spatial Development Policy of the CR takes (c) delimits the areas with specific values and spe- in account also the investment projects included cific problems of the international and national into the documents of spatial development of ne- importance or which, by their importance, ex- ighbouring States. ceed the borders of one administrative region (thereinafter, “specific areas”); 1.3 RELATION OF THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT (d) delimits the areas and corridors of the trans- POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO OTHER port and technical infrastructure of the inter- DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENTS national and national importance or which, by their importance, exceed the borders of one (6) The Spatial Development Policy of the CR is 1) See also § 32 of the act No 183/2006 Coll., on town and country procured on the basis of § 22 of the Act CNC No. planning and building code (Building Act).

8 2/1999, on establishment of ministries and other 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED central state administration authority of the CR, in SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE the wording of later prescriptions. The Ministry for CZECH REPUBLIC Regional Development is responsible for procure- ment of the document mentioned, based on the (11) The SDP CR includes the text part with charts, Government Decree No. 321 of April 7, 2004, and and the leading drawing. The text part includes the in accordance with the Action Programme of the nationwide priorities of spatial planning for ens- Ministry for Regional Development for the time uring the territory sustainable development. The period October 2004 – June 2006. priorities determined represent the strategic part (7) The Spatial development policy of the CR serves of the SDP CR, generally valid for the whole of for the coordination of the other resort concepts, the Czech Republic territory, and for the following policies and strategies from the point of view of planning documentation. When fulfilling the in- sustainable development of a territory. For this re- vestment projects mentioned in Chapter 3-6 of the ason, it brings stimuli for necessary adaptation of SDP CR, these priorities are to be respected. In the the documents mentioned. In its following upda- following chapters, the areas, axes, surfaces, and ting, the SDP CR will take into consideration fur- corridors are delimited for which the Criteria and ther stimuli included in these instruments. conditions for decision on changes in the area are (8) The Spatial Development Policy of the CR is specified in reasoned cases, further on, the tasks one among the instruments to reach the harmony for spatial planning and these for ministries and in investment projects with possibilities and pre- other central administration offices/bodies are gi- requisites of a territory, as expressed, e.g., in the ven. The purpose is to reach the coordination of National Development Plan, and in the Regional contents of the documents elaborated by them. Development Strategy. With regard to them, it de- Such coordination is necessary for their projection termines the frame conditions for localization of into a territory. investment projects within delimited areas, axes, (12) The SDP CR has been elaborated, based on an corridors and surfaces, and by the same, it makes analysis of knowledge about the state, investment possible to increase the contributions of localiza- projects and limits of CR land use, included into tion of these projects, and to minimize their unfa- the material “Bases and Starting Points”. Its part vourable affects. At the same time, it respects the is represented by the drawing of conflicts and pro- Sustainable Development Strategy, the Economic blems, which summarizes conflicts of interests and Growth Strategy, and the protection of Europe- the most important problems found in territory. -wide important localities and bird domicile areas The “Bases and Starting Points” is the informati- within the system Natura 2000 on input for the elaboration of the SDP CR draft, (9) The Spatial Development Policy of the CR coordi- which is not formally negotiated and approved. nates the planning documentations of regions and those of municipalities by nationwide priorities of spatial planning above all. (10) The Spatial Development Policy of the CR also serves for coordination of further territory deve- lopment instruments, e.g. the Development pro- gramme for a territory of a region or of that of a municipality.

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10 2 NATIONAL SPATIAL PLANNING PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 11 2. NATIONAL SPATIAL having, e.g., attractiveness for tourism. Their pro- PLANNING PRIORITIES tection, however, should not disallow their econo- mic use, or become a big burden for it. In some TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE cases, the goal-directed protection of specific inte- DEVELOPMENT rest localities is necessary, in other cases, the who- le landscape complexes must be protected, and/or 2.1 OBJECTIVE renewed. In many cases, further creative landscape development or its renewal is of greater importan- ce than the conservation of existing situation. In (13) The national priorities of spatial planning have some cases, the country landscape can decline due been determined, in the SDP CR, to reach a ba- to lack of human intervention. lanced relation of territorial pre-conditions for the (20) To consider both nature protection and economic purpose of favourable environment, economic de- development, and living standard of population, velopment, and for cohesion of the society of po- when determining functional use; at the same time, pulation living in the territory. to seek balanced solutions in cooperation with po- (14) In harmony with the character of the CR territo- pulation and other users of the territory. ry, and the structure of its settlement, the national (21) To create conditions for localization of areas to be priorities of spatial planning take into account the built up in regions structurally lagging and econo- requirements for sustainable development of the mically weak, and so to help the solution of pro- territory, expressed in the documents of EU, Coun- blems occurring in these areas, namely of the high cil of Europe and other international organizations, unemployment rate. in which CR is the member. (22) To determine the conditions for economical use of (15) The national priorities of spatial planning are de- the built up area, and to secure the protection of un- termined to concretize the generally formulated -built one. To create prerequisites for new use of aims and objectives of spatial planning, and of the abandoned areas above all (the so-called brownfields requirements for sustainable development in plan- of industrial, agricultural, military or other origin). ning activities of regions and municipalities by (23) In development areas and development axes, to which the conditions for changes in a specific area create, together with the conditions for the rise of are being determined. territorial systems of ecological stability, also the 2.2 PROPOSAL conditions for formation of continuous areas of public green (green belts) which could enable the permeability of countryside, its use for recreation, (16) To create the prerequisites for sustainable spatial and conservation of its reproductive capacity; at- development lying in balanced relation of terri- tention is also to be paid to the creation of condi- torial conditions for favourable environment, for tions for the formation and development of new economic growth, and for cohesion of population afforestation areas. living in the territory. (24) To create conditions for development and use of (17) To improve the CR integration into the Central Eu- territory prerequisites for various types of tourism ropean EU area. For this purpose, to create, in this (e.g., biking, agrotourism, learning tourism), in territory, conditions for promotion of public infra- specific areas above all, with the aim to conserve structure (see the chapter Explanation of concepts), and develop their values. To support the links from namely of the transport links with neighbouring the point of view of tourism in attractive locali- States. ties by connecting them by means of tourist paths (18) To support polycentric development of the settle- which would enable their use during the whole ment structure, to create pre-conditions for streng- year for various forms of tourism (hiking, biking, thening the partnership between urban and country skiing, horse-riding, etc.). areas, and in such a way to improve their competi- (25) According to local situation, to create prerequisites tiveness within the EU framework. for better area accessibility, and for improvement (19) In public interest to protect and develop natural, of transport and technical infrastructure with re- civilization and cultural values of the territory in- gard to the countryside permeability. If purposeful, cluding the urban planning, architectural and ar- to localize the transport and technical infrastructu- chaeological heritage. To conserve the character of re into common corridors taking into consideration unique urban structure of the territory, settlement the minimization of landscape fragmentation. structure and unique cultural landscape, which (26) To improve the accessibility, within the develop- express the territorial identity, its history and tra- ment areas above all, by extension of environmen- dition. These territories are of considerable value, tally friendly public mass transport networks.

12 (27) To create conditions for preventive area prote- (28) In the planning documentation, to determine the ction against potential risks and natural disasters conditions for land use and arrangement of delimi- (inundations, landslide, erosion, etc.) with the aim ted territories, axes, surfaces and corridors in more to minimize the extent of potential damages. In detail, in compliance with their determination and particular, to ensure the territorial protection of character. areas necessary for localization of flood protection (29) In cases of changes or formation of urban environ- measures and for delimitation of areas determined ment, to prevent the spatial-social segregation with for flood water retention. To delimit the areas to be negative impacts on social cohesion of population. built up in flood areas only in exceptional cases, and in specifically reasoned ones. To delimit and protect the areas to be built up for the purposes of development relocation from the area of high flood damage risk. To create conditions for taking away the consequences of sudden economic changes in an area.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 13 14 3 DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT AXES

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 15 3. DEVELOPMENT AREAS 3.2.1 DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT AXES (34) OB1 Development area Praha 3.1 OBJECTIVE Delimitation: The capital Praha, SEM Beroun, Brandýs nad (30) The development areas and development axes Labem–Stará Boleslav, Černošice, Český Brod, are delimited by administration districts of State- Kladno, Kralupy nad Vltavou, Lysá nad Labem, -empowered municipalities (i.e., municipalities Neratovice, Říčany. empowered with enlarged competences of State- -administration, thereinafter, “SEM”) where incre- Delimitation reasons: ased requirements on changes in the area manifest A territory with the greatest concentration of po- themselves due to the concentration of activities pulation, and of cultural and economic activities both of international and nationwide importance, with mostly international importance in the CR is and of those overreaching the territory of one regi- concerned; an evident development precondition is on by their importance; the development axes are the approach to highways, expressways and transit delimited by administration districts of SEM with railway corridors; the development area hinterland significant links to important transport routes. becomes, step-by step, an area with growing num- (31) Increased requests on changes in the area of de- ber of population living there instead of the proper velopment areas and development axes require territory of the capital. the active cooperation of all public administration authorities, above all of the corresponding ones of Criteria and conditions for decision-making on State administration which, when solving the spa- changes in the area: tial planning tasks and fulfilling the recommenda- a) to finish building of the belt highway R1 tions, protect public interests in compliance with around Praha, specific legal prescriptions. b) to specify the highway corridor D3 Praha (32) If required, the regions will precise, within the – České Budějovice – Dolní Třebonín. planning documentation, the delimitation of deve- lopment areas and development axes, differentia- Objectives for spatial planning: ting according to the territories of individual mu- a) to solve territorial contexts of the highway co- nicipalities, the whole of administration districts rridor R1, of SEM not necessarily forming a part of develop- b) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- ment areas and development axes. If required, the rridor of the highway D3. regions will delimit, in the planning documentati- on, other development areas and development axes Objectives for the Ministries and other central necessary for the development of their territories, administrative authorities: and with regard to links with neighbouring States. a) to enlarge and improve the public transport system 3.2 PROPOSAL Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- (33) Respecting the national priorities of spatial plan- ration with the Středočeský Region and the ning, to enable intensive land use in connection Capital Praha with the development of public infrastructure in b) to promote the development of tourism development areas. For this reason, to create, in Term: continuously development areas and development axes, pre- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- -conditions for localization of activities with inter- ment national and nationwide importance which require changes in the area, and by the same to contribute (35) OB2 Development area Ostrava both to conservation of character and to protection of area values lying out of development areas and Delimitation: development axes. SEM Bílovec, Bohumín, Český Těšín, Frýdek- -Místek, Havířov, Hlučín, Karviná, Kopřivnice, Orlová, Ostrava, Třinec Delimitation reasons: A very great concentration of population and eco-

16 nomic activities is concerned which is characteri- Delimitation reasons: zed by dynamic development of international co- A very big concentration of population and econo- operation with the neighbouring Polish region of mic activities with, for a large part, international Upper Silesia; a marked development precondition importance, is concerned; good accessibility both is the actually built approach to the CR highway by highways and expressways, and by the Ist tran- network, and the situation in the IInd and the IIIrd sit railway corridor represents promotion of deve- transition railway corridors. lopment; intensifying and extending international links connect the area with the territories of Vienna Criteria and conditions for decision-making on and Bratislava. changes in the area: a) to improve the conditions for favourable envi- Criteria and conditions for decision-making on ronment, changes in the area: b) to promote the use of “brownfields”. a) to solve the conditions of reconstruction of the railway node Brno, Objectives for spatial planning: b) to solve the localization of the expressway co- a) to solve the territorial contexts connected with rridor R43 Brno–Moravská Třebová. the construction of the highway D 47 Lipník nad Bečvou – Ostrava – CR border Objectives for spatial planning: b) to solve territorial contexts of the expressway a) to solve territorial contexts of the reconstructi- R 48 Lipník nad Bečvou – Český Těšín recon- on of the railway node Brno, struction to get standard parameters R, b) to solve territorial contexts of the definitive c) to solve territorial contexts of the road I/11 corridor R 43. Havířov – Český Těšín (as an alternative, the roads I/11 and I/474 Havířov – Dolní Třanovi- Objectives for the Ministries and other central ce) reconstruction to get standard parameters administrative authorities: R, a) to extend and improve the public transport d) to solve territorial contexts of modernization system and reconstruction of the road I/11 in the se- Term: continuously ction of multilevel crossing R48– State border Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- to the Slovak Republic, to get a high-capacity ration with the Jihomoravský Region traffic road in compliance with development b) to promote the development of tourism activities in the area. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- Objectives for the Ministries and other central ment administrative authorities: a) to promote the reclassification of the area eco- (37) OB4 Development area Hradec Králové/Pardu- nomic base bice Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- Delimitation: ment, in cooperation with the Ministry of In- SEM Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Chrudim dustry and Trade b) to extend and improve the public transport Delimitation reasons: system A strong, double-core concentration of population Term: continuously and economic activities with mostly internatio- Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- nal importance is concerned; beside the situation ration with the Moravskoslezský Region of Pardubice on the Ist transit railway corridor, c) to promote the development of tourism factors promoting development are also the actu- Term: continuously al prolongation construction of the highway D11 Responsible: Ministry for Regional from Praha to Hradec Králové with planned exten- Development sion to Poland and prospective connection of the expressway R35 (branching from D11) with Olo- (36) OB3 Development area Brno mouc, which will provide an alternative of quick west-east connection in the CR instead of the over- Delimitation: loaded highway D1. Another factor promoting the SEM Brno, Kuřim, Rosice, Šlapanice, Tišnov, Žid- development is represented by the line of transport lochovice. highway corridor from Sweden over Poland and

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 17 the Czech Republic to the South of Europe, and the Objectives for spatial planning: realization of the development project Regiorail, To solve territorial contexts connected with the the aim of which is the modernization of railway construction of the by-pass highway of Plzeň. connection among the agglomerations Chrudim – Pardubice– Hradec Králové (on the Czech side) Objectives for the Ministries and other central and the agglomeration Walbrzych in Poland lying administrative authorities: on the line Chrudim – Pardubice – Hradec Králové a) to extend and improve the public transport system – Jaroměř – Trutnov – Walbrzych with the bran- Term: continuously ching-out point Jaroměř – Náchod – Kudova Zdrój Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- – Klodzko. ration with the Plzeňský Region b) to promote the development of tourism Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Term: continuously changes in the area: Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development a) to specify the expressway R35 corridor in the section from Hradec Králové in direction to (39) OB6 Development area Ústí nad Labem Jičín, b) to construct the Labe-harbour in Pardubice. Delimitation: SEM Ústí nad Labem, Teplice Objectives for spatial planning: a) to solve territorial contexts connected with the Delimitation reasons: construction of sections D11 and R35, The development area presents a strong concen- b) to solve territorial contexts of the corridor D11 tration of population and economic activities, pre- in its extension from Hradec Králové in dire- viously with nationwide importance; the existing ction to Trutnov, state on the Ist transit railway corridor and the pre- c) to solve territorial contexts of specified corri- pared highway D8 Praha – Ústí nad Labem – SRN dor R35 in the section from Hradec Králové in approach are promoting development factors. direction to Jičín, and to take into considerati- on the still delimited corridor from Sedlice to Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Vysoké Mýto, changes in the area: d) to solve territorial contexts of the Labe-har- a) to improve the conditions for agreeable envi- bour in Pardubice. ronment, b) to protect the Teplice balneal function, Objectives for the Ministries and other central c) to promote the utilisation of “brownfields”. administrative authorities: a) to extend and improve the public transport system Objectives for spatial planning: Term: continuously a) to solve territorial contexts of the construction Responsible: Ministry of transport in coope- of the highway D8 sections, ration with the Královéhradecký Region and b) to solve territorial contexts of protection of the Pardubický Region Teplice balneal function. b) to promote the development of tourism Term: continuously Objectives for the Ministries and other central Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- administrative authorities: ment a) to promote the reclassification of economic basis in the area (38) OB5 Development area Plzeň Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Delimitation: b) to prepare conditions for realization of trans- SEM Nýřany, Plzeň, Přeštice, Stod. port constructions following after the highway D8 construction Delimitation reasons: Term: continuously A strong concentration of population and economic Responsible: Ministry of Transport activities with the majority of them having interna- c) to extend and improve the transport infra- tional importance is concerned; the development is structure for the systems of public transport promoted by the situation on the recently finished Term: continuously highway D5 Praha – Rozvadov – SRN, and on the Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- IIIrd transit railway corridor. ration with the Ústecký Region

18 d) to promote the development of tourism (41) OB8 Development area Olomouc Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Delimitation: e) to control the service and entertainment instal- SEM Olomouc lations along communications Term: continuously Delimitation reasons: Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade As far as the territory is concerned, the develop- ment area is bound to a strong concentration of (40) OB7 Development area Liberec population and economic activities, the prevailing part of them having the nationwide importance, Delimitation: and to the cultural and historical signification of SEM Liberec, Jablonec nad Nisou, Česká Lípa, Olomouc; as the promoting factors, there are to Tanvald. be mentioned the through road of the IIIrd transit railway corridor, and as far as road traffic is concer- Delimitation reasons: ned, the existing high speed links (R46, D1) with A strong concentration of population and econo- Brno, the expressway connection in construction mic activities is concerned, apart from the main (R35, D47) with Ostrava, and the planned highway core (Liberec), there are relatively marked secon- connection with Praha (R35, D11). dary cores (Jablonec nad Nisou, Česká Lípa); the prevailing part of economic activities is of nati- Objectives for spatial planning: onwide importance; the existing connection by To solve territorial contexts of the by-pass ex- the expressways (R10 and R35) with Praha, and pressway R35 around Olomouc. the prepared one with Hradec Králové/Pardubice (R35) are the development promoting factors; at Objectives for the Ministries and other central ad- the same time, there is situated the potential deve- ministrative authorities: lopment territory of the former military area Ral- a) to extend and improve the public transport system sko, where increased requirements of changes in Term: continuously the area manifest themselves. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with the Olomoucký Region Objectives for the Ministries and other central b) to promote the development of tourism administrative authorities: Term: continuously a) to extend and improve the public transport system Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- (42) OB9 Development area Zlín ration with the Liberecký Region b) to promote the development of entrepreneurial Delimitation: activities, in particular in the military area of SEM Holešov, Zlín, Otrokovice, Vizovice. Ralsko Term: continuously Delimitation reasons: Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- A strong concentration of population and econo- ment in cooperation with the Ministry of Indu- mic activities is concerned; a greater part of them stry and Trade is of nationwide importance; the development sup- c) to eliminate old ecological burdens in the for- porting factors are the existing state (Otrokovice) mer military area of Ralsko on the IInd transit railway corridor, and the plan- Term: continuously ned expressways interconnections: Zlín, by R49, Responsible: Ministry of Environment to the highway D1 at Hulín, and Otrokovice, by d) to promote the development of tourism R55, from Hulín to Břeclav. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Criteria and conditions for decision-making on e) to control the service and entertainment instal- changes in the area: lations along communications a) to specify the expressway R49 corridor Fryšták Term: continuously – Zlín – Vizovice – CR border, Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade b) to specify the expressway R55 corridor Napa- jedla – Uherské Hradiště – Břeclav.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 19 Objectives for spatial planning: (44) OB11 Development area Jihlava a) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- rridor R49, Delimitation: b) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- SEM Jihlava rridor R55. Delimitation reasons: Objectives for the Ministries and other central A relatively strong concentration of population administrative authorities: and of economic activities is concerned the sig- a) to extend and improve the public transport system nification of which is mostly the nationwide one; Term: continuously the existing state on the highway D1 Praha – Brno Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- (–Kroměříž) is the development promoting factor. ration with the Zlínský Region b) to promote the development of tourism Objectives for the Ministries and other central ad- Term: continuously ministrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development a) to extend and improve the public transport system Term: continuously (43) OB10 Development area České Budějovice Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with the Vysočina Region Delimitation: b) to promote the development of tourism SEM České Budějovice Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Delimitation reasons: The development area presents a strong concentra- (45) OB12 Development area Karlovy Vary tion of population and economic activities which, in majority, are of the nationwide importance: the Delimitation: existing state on the planned highway D3 Praha SEM Karlovy Vary, Ostrov. – České Budějovice – Dolní Třebonín (with ap- proach to the expressway R3 to Austria), and on Delimitation reasons: the IVth transit railway corridor are the promoting The development area is delimited on the basis of development factors. a strong concentration of population and economic activities the majority of which is of the nation- Criteria and conditions for decision-making on wide significance (balneology is of international changes in the area: importance); the existing state on the planned ex- To specify the highway D3 corridor on the territory pressway R6 Praha – Karlovy Vary – Cheb – CR of the Středočeský Region. border is the development promoting factor.

Objectives for spatial planning: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on a) to solve territorial contexts of the corridor D3 changes in the area: Praha – České Budějovice – Dolní Třebonín, a) to protect balneal functions both of Karlovy b) to solve territorial contexts of the corridor R3 Vary and Jáchymov, Dolní Třebonín – CR border. b) to specify the expressway R6 corridor Praha – Karlovy Vary – Cheb – CR border.

Objectives for spatial planning: Objectives for the Ministries and other central a) to solve territorial contexts of protection of administrative authorities: balneal functions both of Karlovy Vary and a) to extend and improve the public transport system Jáchymov, Term: continuously b) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- rridor R6. ration with the Jihočeský Region Objectives for the Ministries and other central b) to promote the development of tourism administrative authorities: Term: continuously a) to extend and improve the public transport system Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with the Karlovarský Region

20 b) to promote the development of tourism still existing through railway of the Ist transit cor- Term: continuously ridor) will evidently incite international innovation Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development and development stimuli within the adjacent terri- c) to promote the development of balneology torial zone. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Public Health in coo- Criteria and conditions for decision-making on peration with the Ministry for Regional Deve- changes in the area: lopment a) to improve conditions for favourable environ- d) to control the service and entertainment instal- ment (SEM Lovosice above all), lations along communications b) to protect the Teplice balneal functions. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade Objectives for spatial planning: a) to solve territorial contexts connected with the 3.2.2 DEVELOPMENTET AXES construction of D8 sections, b) to solve territorial contexts of the protection of (46) OS1 Development axis Praha – Plzeň – CR bor- the Teplice balneal function. der (–Nürnberg) Objectives for the Ministries and other central Delimitation (except for the development area): administrative authorities: SEM Hořovice, Rokycany, Stříbro, Tachov. a) to extend and improve the public transport system Term: continuously Delimitation reasons: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- It is a traditional, and thanks to the highway D5 ration with corresponding Regions Praha – Plzeň – Rozvadov – SRN the most im- b) to prepare conditions for realization of trans- portant traffic interconnection of the CR core area port constructions which follow after the con- with the West of Europe at present; together with struction of the highway D8 the attractiveness effect of the new highway, and Term: continuously with the line of the IIIrd transit railway corridor in Responsible: Ministry of Transport the section Praha – Stříbro, the area is able to initi- c) to control the service and entertainment instal- ate development stimuli with international overlap lations along communications (SEM Lovosice in the adjacent territorial zone. above all) Term: continuously Objectives for the Ministries and other central Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade administrative authorities: a) to extend and improve the public transport system (48) Development axis Praha – Hradec Králové/Par- Term: continuously dubice – Trutnov – CR border (–Wroclaw) Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with the corresponding regions Delimitation (except for the development area): b) to control the service and entertainment instal- SEM Nymburk, Kolín, Přelouč, Poděbrady, Nový lations along communications Bydžov, Jaroměř, Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Ná- Term: continuously chod, Trutnov. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Delimitation reasons: (47) Development axis Praha – Ústí nad Labem – CR The development axis is based on the highway D11 border (–Dresden) Praha – Hradec Králové – Trutnov – Poland expec- ted effect on the adjacent administrative districts Delimitation (except for the development area): of SEM; in the southwest part of the development SEM Mělník, Roudnice nad Labem, Litoměřice, axis (section Praha – Pardubice), the existing state Lovosice. is extended by the stimuli connected with the line Delimitation reasons: of the Ist transition railway corridor, and with the The development axis corresponds with the inter- Labe waterway and the Pardubice harbour. Further connection of the west part of the CR with eas- on, the development axis is based on the expec- tern parts of SRN, including Berlin; this orienta- ted effect of the modernization of railway traffic tion (together with the attraction effect of the new between the agglomerations Chrudim – Pardubice highway D8 Praha – Ústí nad Labem – SRN and – Hradec Králové on the Czech side and the ag-

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 21 glomeration Walbrzych in Poland, which lie on the b) to control the service and entertainment in- line Chrudim – Pardubice – Hradec Králové – Jaro- stallations along communications (especially měř – Trutnov . Walbrzych with branching–out po- SEM Kaplice) int Jaroměř – Náchod – Kudowa Zdrój – Klodzko. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade Objectives for spatial planning: a) to solve territorial contexts of the corridor D11 (50) OS5 Development axis (Katowice–) CR border in the section from Hradec Králové to the CR – Ostrava – Břeclav – CR border (–Wien) border, b) to solve territorial contexts of the Ist transit Delimitation (except for the development area): railway corridor, and of the Labe waterway. SEM Nový Jičín, Odry, Hranice, Lipník nad Beč- vou, Prostějov, Vyškov, Hustopeče, Břeclav, Pře- Objectives for the Ministries and other central rov, Kroměříž, Uherské Hradiště, Veselí nad Mo- administrative authorities: ravou, Hodonín. To extend and improve the public transport system. Term: continuously Delimitation reasons: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation A traditional connecting corridor between the sou- with the corresponding Regions thern and northern Europe is concerned which, in Moravia, bifurcates into two branches: the western (49) OS4 Development axis Praha – České Budějovi- one (bearing on the big cities, Brno and Olomouc, ce – CR border (–Linz) interconnected by the highway D1 and the ex- pressway R46), and the eastern one (following the Delimitation (except for the development area): interconnection through the region along the Mo- SEM Benešov, Votice, Tábor, Soběslav, Trhové rava river with the line of the IInd transit railway Sviny, Kaplice. corridor with the prospective line of expressway R55 Hulín – Břeclav, which is the best from the Delimitation reasons: communication standpoint). Both branches of the The development axis is bound both on the plan- development axis and also the common section ned highway D3 Praha – České Budějovice – Dol- Lipník nad Bečvou – Ostrava – Poland above all ní Třebonín, and on the expressway RF3 Dolní (with the line of the new highway D47) will incite, Třebonín – CR border, for which (also with regard without any doubt, innovation and development to their newness) an important attraction effect ha- stimuli with international overlap in corresponding ving international overlap can be expected, and on territory zones. the parallel line of the IVth transit railway corri- dor. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on a) to specify the corridor of the D1 highway se- changes in the area: ction Kroměříž – Lipník nad Bečvou, To specify the highway corridor D3 on the territory b) to specify the corridor of the R49 expressway of the Středočeský Region. Fryšták/Zlín – CZ border, c) to specify the corridor of the R55 expressway Napajedla – Uherské Hradiště – Břeclav.

Objectives for spatial planning: Objectives for spatial planning: a) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- a) to solve territorial contexts connected with the rridor D3 Praha – České Budějovice – Třebo- section construction D1 Vyškov – Kroměříž, nín, b) to solve territorial contexts connected with the b) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- D47 construction Lipník nad Bečvou – Ostra- rridor R3 Třebonín – CR border. va – CR border Objectives for the Ministries and other central c) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- administrative authorities: rridor D1 Kroměříž – Lipník nad Bečvou, a) to extend and improve the public transport system d) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- Term: continuously rridor R49, Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- e) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- ration with the corresponding Regions rridor R55,

22 f) to solve territorial contexts of the expressway Objectives for spatial planning: R48 reconstruction Lipník nad Bečvou – Čes- a) to solve territorial contexts of the revitalization ký Těšín to standard R parameters, of the formerly military area Milovice–Mla- g) to examine the possibility of delimiting the co- dá, rridors for construction of high capacity trans- b) to delimit the corridor for the high capacity port route Opava – Ostrava, Bohumín – Třano- traffic route connecting the development axis vice – Mosty u Jablunkova – CR border. to important traffic lines in Germany.

Objectives for the Ministries and other central Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: administrative authorities: To extend and improve the public transport system a) to extend and improve the public transport Term: continuously system Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Term: continuously with the corresponding Regions Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with the corresponding Regions (51) OS6 Development axis Praha – Jihlava – Brno b) to update the railway line Praha – Liberec Term: after 2012 Delimitation (except for the development area): Responsible: Ministry of Transport SEM Benešov, Vlašim, Humpolec, Velké Meziříčí. (53) OS8 Development axis Ústí nad Labem – Most Delimitation reasons: – Chomutov – Karlovy Vary – Cheb – CR bor- The basis for the development axis is formed by der the highway D1 Praha – Jihlava – Brno (–Kromě- říž) which, according to assumptions, will initiate Delimitation (except for the development area): the development stimuli in the adjacent territorial SEM Bílina, Most, Litvínov, Chomutov, Kadaň, zone, except for the micro-region of the water re- Sokolov, Cheb. servoir Švihov where the protection of drinking water sources represents the limiting factor. Delimitation reasons: The development axis takes into consideration the Objectives for the Ministries and other central role of resources of brown coal; in case of the ex- administrative authorities: ploitation extension, higher changes in the area can To extend and improve the public transport sys- be expected, namely both direct (open pit mines) tem. and indirect (concentration of power engineering Term: continuously and chemical industry); in the west part of the de- Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation velopment axis, it is moreover the effect of plan- with the corresponding Regions ned expressway R6 from Karlovy Vary to Cheb.

(52) Development axis Praha – Liberec – Hrádek Criteria and conditions for decision-making on nad Nisou – CR border changes in the area: a) to improve pre-conditions for favourable envi- Delimitation (except for the development area): ronment, SEM Mladá Boleslav, Mnichovo Hradiště, Turnov. b) to protect the balneal functions of Františkovy Delimitation reasons: Lázně and of Bílina, The development axis interconnects the Praha and c) to specify the expressway R6 corridor (Praha–) Liberec development areas with neighbouring Sta- Karlovy Vary – Cheb. tes through the dynamically developing industrial micro-region of Mladá Boleslav; it is based on the Objectives for spatial planning: existing road interconnections R10 Praha – Tur- a) to solve territorial contexts of surface require- nov, R35 Turnov – Liberec. ments of large open pit lignite mines, Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: b) to solve territorial contexts of the protection To revitalize the formerly military area Milovice– of balneal functions both of Františkovy Lázně Mladá and Bílina, c) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- rridor R6.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 23 Objectives for the Ministries and other central b) to specify the expressway R43 corridor in the administrative authorities: section Brno – Moravská Třebová. a) to decide on further pertinent possibilities of Objectives for spatial planning: lignite exploitation a) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- Term: in 2006 rridor R35, Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade in b) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, rridor R43. and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs b) to promote the restructuring of the area econo- Objectives for the Ministries and other central mic basis administrative authorities: Term: continuously To extend and improve the public transport system Responsible: Ministry for Regional Develop- Term: continuously ment in cooperation with the Ministry of Indu- Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation stry and Trade with the corresponding Regions c) to extend and improve the public transport system (55) OS10 Development axis Brno – Svitavy/Morav- Term: continuously ská Třebová Responsible: Ministry of Transport in coope- ration with corresponding Regions Delimitation (except for the development area): d) to control the service and entertainment instal- SEM Blansko, Boskovice, Svitavy, Moravská lations along communications Třebová Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade Delimitation reasons: The basis of the development axis is formed both by the existing Ist transit railway corridor in the se- (54) OS9 Development axis Hradec Králové/Pardu- ction Brno – Svitavy, and by the planned speedway bice – Olomouc line R43 Brno – Moravská Třebová.

Delimitation (except for the development area): Criteria and conditions for decision-making on SEM Holice, Kostelec nad Orlicí, Vysoké Mýto, changes in the area: Litomyšl, Ústí nad Orlicí, Česká Třebová, Lan- To specify the corridor of the expressway R43 škroun, Moravská Třebová, Zábřeh, Mohelnice, Brno – Moravská Třebová Litovel. Objectives for spatial planning: Delimitation reasons: To solve territorial contexts of the specified corri- The basis of the development axis is represented dor R43. both by the existing line of the Ist and the IIIrd transit railway corridors, and by the planned in- Objectives for the Ministries and other central tegration of the expressway R35 in the section administrative authorities: between Hradec Králové and Mohelnice with link To extend and improve the public transport to the existing line R35 to Olomouc; due to this, system. the second (including the highway D11) high-ca- Term: continuously pacity west-east road interconnection in the CR Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation will come into existence with supposed impact with the corresponding Regions on the development within the adjacent territorial zone. (56) OS11 Development axis Zlín – Horní Lideč – CR border

Delimitation (except for the development area): Criteria and conditions for decision-making on SEM Vsetín changes in the area: a) to specify the expressway R35 corridor in the Delimitation reasons: section Hradec Králové – Vysoké Mýto – Mo- The development axis is bound to the planned ex- helnice, pressway R49 (Hulín–) Fryšták/Zlín – Vizovice – Horní Lideč – CR border.

24 Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Objectives for the Ministries and other central changes in the area: administrative authorities: To specify the expressway R49 corridor Fryšták/ To extend and improve the public transport sys- Zlín – Horní Lideč – CR border tem. Term: continuously Objectives for spatial planning: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation a) to solve territorial contexts of the specified co- with the Zlínský Region. rridor R498. b) to solve territorial contexts of the corridors for ŽD1 and E1.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 25 development areas development axis development AREASAND main European road existing state main European road existing stream/area main water state existing DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AXES Note: by areas are marked development In the drawing, In the text, a line. by axes, and development a circle, according areas are delimited development districts of State-empowered administrative to of development The marking municipalities (SEM). with their corresponds in the drawing areas and axes areas 3, Development marking in the Chapter axes. and development CHART 1: DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT AXES AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT CHART 1: DEVELOPMENT

26 4 SPECIFIC AREAS

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 27 4. SPECIFIC AREAS 4.2 PROPOSAL

4.1 OBJECTIVE (61) SOB1 Specific area Šumava

(57) The specific areas are delimited by the administrati- Delimitation: ve districts of SEM within which, according to their SEM Český Krumlov, Klatovy, Prachatice, Sušice, mutual comparison, the long-term problems from the Vimperk. point of view of area sustainable development, i.e., im- portant differences in territorial pre-conditions of fa- Delimitation reasons: vourable environment, of economic development, and The area, valuable from the nature point of view, and of society coherence of the area inhabitants manifest attractive from the point of view of society, has a high themselves. Hereby, there are concerned the adminis- landscape potential for recreation which must be de- trative districts of SEM with specific values or having veloped and used with regard to the area sustainable specific problems of international and nationwide development. In compliance with nature protection, importance, or which, by their importance, overreach strengthening the economic and social development the territory of the region. If an administrative district is necessary, in particular the small and middle entre- SEM represents, at the same time, a part of a develop- preneurship in the field of traditional production and ment area or of a development axis (e.g. SEM Vsetín, tourism. The coordination of land use and tourism is Karlovy Vary, Havířov, Bohumín, Bílina, Litvínov, necessary with the neighbouring federal states, Bava- Most), there exists a presumption that more dynamic ria and Upper Austria. changes will take place in the area, which will influen- ce the economic and social development positively. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on (58) In the SDP CR, 6 specific areas are delimited in which, changes in the area: according to the found facts, the solution of problems a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- from the point of view of area sustainable develop- ditions for the area sustainable development in co- ment is the most urgent. The purpose of delimitation ordination with nature and landscape protection, of these 6 following specific areas is the requirement b) to create opportunities for improvement and sta- that the regions, ministries and other central adminis- bilization of living standard of inhabitants, trative authorities would create there, in compliance c) to determine the conditions of the area recreatio- with their potentials, conditions for clearing the pro- nal potential use, blems with the aim of enabling the sustainable deve- d) to create conditions for the development in the lopment in these areas. Beside the 6 delimited specific fields of agriculture and timber processing above areas, the other territories appropriate for delimitation all, of the other specific areas can be identified with more e) to improve the area accessibility and the cross- detailed differentiation. When updating the SDP CR, -border transport links. it will be assessed whether the reasons of delimitation of further mentioned 6 specific areas have not passed Objectives for spatial planning: over, and whether it would not be appropriate to de- a) to identify the major poles and centres of the area limit other specific areas with acute solution need of economic development, in these settlements to sustainable development problems. create conditions of spatial development and im- (59) The regions, according to their needs, will specify the provement of transport infrastructure, technical delimitation of specific areas differentiated according infrastructure and civic amenities, to the territories of individual municipalities, so that b) to create territorial prerequisites for the area the whole of administrative districts of SEM need not transport accessibility development and the de- represent a part of specific areas. At this delimitation, velopment of cross-border traffic through ways, it is necessary to take into consideration the criteria c) to interconnect the system of foot and bike paths and characteristics of a specific area delimited within with neighbouring States and to form the final the SDP CR. shape of the long-distance ways system, (60) If necessary, regions will propose further specific are- d) to create the territorial prerequisites for the de- as as a basis for updating the Spatial Development velopment of recreation and tourism, timber pro- Policy of the CR as well with regard to new problems cessing industry and of traditional crafts, in parti- in the area. If necessary, the regions will delimit, wi- cular by delimitation of appropriate development thin their planning documentation, further specific areas and rules for localization of these activities areas showing long-term problems of sustainable de- in municipalities and landscape in coordination velopment of their territory. with the nature and landscape protection,

28 e) in the planning documentation of regions, to exa- the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Fo- mine the opportunities for more intensive use of reign Affairs recreational potentials for summer recreation, Term: continuously and of appropriate areas in the protected landsca- f) to cooperate with German and Austrian parties in pe area of Šumava for winter recreation, the field of nature and landscape protection, and f) to coordinate the planning activity and spatial to create conditions and opportunities for econo- development with the German and Austrian parts mic and social development, and to cooperate with them when elaborating the Responsible: Ministry of Environment and the planning documentation of the regions, Ministry for Regional Development in coopera- g) to determine the measures for ensuring the eco- tion with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the logical pillar within the framework of sustainable Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the development in balance with the other pillars. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Term: continuously Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: (62) SOB2 Specific area Beskydy a) to harmonize the interests of nature protection with the area economic, and social development Delimitation conceptually, SEM Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Frýdek-Místek, Frýd- Responsible: Ministry of Environment in coope- lant nad Ostravicí, Jablunkov, Rožnov pod Radhoš- ration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, těm, Třinec, Vsetín (due to the territory of SEM Vse- the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and tín, the area partly covers the development axis OS11 the Ministry for Regional Development Zlín – Horní Lideč – CR border). Term: continuously b) to inform potential investors including the fo- Delimitation reasons: reign ones on possibilities of settlement develop- a) From the point of view of area sustainable deve- ment and on appropriate free development areas lopment, a structurally affected area is concerned with good transport accessibility, where stagnation of important economic bran- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development ches (armament and electrical industries) took in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and place. Trade, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs b) The recreation potential is used in an unbalanced Term: continuously way. One of the most important transport ways c) to support, above all via investments, the deve- through to Slovakia passes through the area. The lopment of ecologic agriculture, ecologic forms area excels by high aesthetic values of landscape of recreation, treatment of local raw materials, and settlement character and by cultural and folk- traditional crafts, etc., loric traditions with a strong bound of inhabitants Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development to a locality (Radhošť mountain). The area of in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Beskydy, valuable both from the point of view of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture nature and that of social attractiveness, presents Term: continuously a high recreational landscape potential which is d) to promote the development of ecologic transport to be developed and used with regard to the area forms, in the territory of the National Park Šuma- sustainable development. va above all, in particular of the public transport for commuting to work, services and recreation, c) In the area, very valuable from the point of view to further develop the network of cyclic and tou- of nature, there are important resources of raw rist paths, materials significant for energy production (de- Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperati- posits of high quality coal) with transnational im- on with the Ministry of Environment portance. Here, it is necessary to harmonize the Term: continuously interests of nature protection with those of coal e) on both State and international levels to promote mining and small and middle entrepreneurship in natural and cultural values of the area, and re- the field of traditional production and tourism. creation opportunities with the aim of developing the tourism, to organize consultations to develop Criteria and conditions for decision-making on the qualification of inhabitants living in the area, changes in the area: Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, ditions for the sustainable area development in co- ordination with nature and landscape protection,

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 29 b) to create opportunities for improvement and sta- Objectives for the Ministries and other central bilization of living standard of inhabitants, administrative authorities: c) to create conditions for larger use of the area re- a) to concentrate the economic activities into area creation potential, major centres, d) to solve the conflict between the interests of coal Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development mining and the nature and landscape protection, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and e) to create new jobs by restructuring the existing Trade, and with the Ministry of Labour and So- economics, cial Affairs f) to improve the transport accessibility of near- Term: continuously -border areas, b) to inform potential investors including the fo- g) to create conditions for ensuring the interests reign ones on conditions of settlements develo- both of nature protection and those of economy, pment and appropriate free development areas h) to create conditions for development of ecologi- having good transport accessibility, cal agriculture and timber processing. Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Objectives for spatial planning: Trade and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a) to create territorial conditions for economy re- Term: continuously structuring in major economic centres of the c) to promote the development of ecological agri- area, culture, in particular of traditional pasture mana- b) to create territorial preconditions for improving gement, the transport accessibility of the near-border area Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture in coopera- to Slovakia, tion with the Ministry of Environment c) to solve territorial contexts connected with the Term: continuously corridor for the expressway R49 Fryšták/Zlín d) to promote the development of ecological forms – Horní Lideč – CR border, of recreation, tourism and cycling, treatment of d) to create territorial conditions for development of local raw materials, traditional crafts etc., to link the system of the cross-border foot and cycling up with the local arts and crafts traditions, paths, Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development e) to control recreational activities in the most en- in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and gaged centres, and to create territorial conditions Trade for development of recreation in the other territo- Term: continuously ry, e) to propagate in the nationwide and in internati- f) to create territorial conditions for development of onal scopes, opportunities of recreation, natural winter recreation also aside from major centres, and cultural values of an area, in particular cultu- ral and folkloric traditions, symbolic character of g) in case of mining extension of coal resources or localities with the aim to develop the tourism, to gas in the Beskydy to determine the regulations organize consultations for developing the qualifi- for nature, landscape and development protecti- cation of inhabitants in the area, on, Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development h) to coordinate the planning activity and the spatial in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, development of the area with the Slovak party, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Fo- and to cooperate with it at the elaboration of reign Affairs planning documentation of the Regions, Term: continuously i) to determine the measures for ensuring the eco- f) to cooperate with the Slovak party in the field of logic pillar within the framework of sustainable nature and landscape protection, and of impro- development in balance with the other pillars, vement of conditions for economic and social j) to solve territorial contexts of modernization and development in the area, reconstruction of the road I/11 in the section of Responsible: Ministry of Environment and the multi level crossing R 48 - State border into the Ministry for Regional Development in coopera- high capacity transport route in compliance with tion with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the development activities in the area, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the k) to create territorial preconditions for agricultural Ministry of Foreign Affairs production of the mountain and low-mountain Term: continuously character (grass planting and pasture manage- g) to estimate the (economic, social, natural, terri- ment). torial and other) positive and negative impact of eventual mining and/or not-use the resources of

30 coal or of gas in the Beskydy in relation to the Objectives for spatial planning: energy policy, to further opportunities of econo- a) to identify the major poles and centres of the area mic and social development of the area, and in economic development, to create, for this type of relation to the nature and landscape protection, settlements, conditions for spatial development, and to decide, how to go on. and improvement and development of transport Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade in and technical infrastructure and civic amenities, cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, b) to create territorial prerequisites for the develo- the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and pment of transport accessibility, in particular in the Ministry for Regional Development. relation to Praha, Plzeň and Karlovy Vary, Term: before 2010. c) to create territorial preconditions for rationaliza- tion and restructuring of agricultural production, (63) SOB3 Specific area Rakovnicko – Kralovicko d) to create territorial preconditions for the recrea- – Podbořansko tion and tourism, food industry, traditional crafts development, in particular by delimitation of Delimitation: adequate development areas and regulations for SEM: Karlovy Vary (southeast part), Kralovice, Pod- localization of the activities mentioned into mu- bořany, Rakovník (the area lying in the territory of nicipalities and landscape in coordination with SEM Karlovy Vary neighbours with and partly over- nature and landscape protection, lays the development area OB12 Karlovy Vary). e) to create territorial preconditions for utilization of the area recreational potential for long-term Delimitation reasons: and short-term recreation, conserving the quiet a) The area is characterized by good environment, character of the region, but its social and economic development lags. f) to determine the measures for ensuring the eco- Although an inland area is concerned, its deve- logical pillar within the framework of sustainable lopment is lagging from all points of view. The development in balance with the other pillars. area is characterized by low population density. b) The area lying at the boundary of four Regions Objectives for the Ministries and other central – Plzeňský, Karlovarský, Ústecký, and Středo- administrative authorities: český – represents, for a long time, the character a) to find a balanced relation between the nature and of inland peripheral territory with the nature and landscape protection and social development in landscape potential of very high quality (on the the territory, territory of Rakovnicko there are the protected Responsible: Ministry of Environment in coope- landscape areas Křivoklátsko and Natura 2000), ration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the remarkable social and economic decay. the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and The area in the territory of SEM Karlovy Vary the Ministry for Regional Development neighbours with and partly overlays the develop- Term: before 2010 ment area OB12 Karlovy Vary. b) to inform potential investors including the fo- reign ones on development opportunities of sett- Criteria and conditions for decision-making on lements and appropriate free development areas changes in the area: with good transport accessibility, and on possibi- a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- lities of using the favourable existing state near ditions for the sustainable are development in Praha and Plzeň, coordination with the nature and landscape pro- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development tection, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and b) to create opportunities for improvement and sta- Trade and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs bilization of living standard of inhabitants, Term: continuously c) to assess real use possibilities fro specific recrea- c) to improve the area attractiveness for investors, tion forms taking use of the area quiet character. d) to create opportunities for larger utilization of Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development the area recreation potential, in particular for the Term: before 2008 short-time recreation of inhabitants of Praha and Plzeň, (64) SOB4 Specific area Jeseníky – Králický Sněžník e) to improve the area transport accessibility, f) to create conditions to ensure both the interests Delimitation: of nature protection and economic and social in- SEM Bruntál, Jeseník, Králíky, Rýmařov,Šumperk. terests.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 31 Delimitation reasons: cular by delimitation of appropriate development a) The area is characterized by remarkable natural areas and rules for localization of these activities values; the social and economic development, in municipalities and landscape in coordination however, belongs among the weakest ones in the with the nature and landscape protection, CR. The area is economically weak and structu- e) to create territorial conditions for agricultural rally handicapped. production of low-mountain and mountain types b) The transport accessibility of most of the ter- (grass planting, pasture management), ritory is inconvenient. The economic basis is f) in the planning documentation of regions, to exa- weak. Many branches show stagnation. Climatic mine the opportunities for more intensive use of existing state is unfavourable for intensive agri- recreational potentials in the territory of moun- culture. Large wood resources enable the deve- tain mass of the Jeseníky and the Králický Sněž- lopment of timber processing industry. As far as ník, in particular for winter recreation, nature is concerned, the valuable and socially g) to coordinate the planning activity and spatial de- attractive region of the Jeseníky includes a high velopment with the Polish party and to cooperate potential for both winter and summer recreation with them when elaborating the planning docu- and balneology, which is to be developed, and mentation of the regions, taken use of it with regard to the area usable de- h) to determine the measures for ensuring the eco- velopment. logical pillar within the framework of sustainable development in balance with the other pillars. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Objectives for the Ministries and other central a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- administrative authorities: ditions for the area sustainable development in a) to find the balanced relation between the nature coordination with the nature and landscape pro- and landscape protection and economic and so- tection, cial development in the territory, b) to create opportunities for improvement and sta- Responsible: Ministry of Environment in coope- bilization of living standard of inhabitants, ration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, c) to improve the area attractiveness for investors, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and d) to create conditions for larger utilization of the Ministry for Regional Development the area recreation potential, in particular for Term: continuously the stay and long-time recreation, and for balne- b) to inform potential investors including the fo- ology, reign ones on development possibilities of the e) to create conditions to ensure both the interests area, of individual settlements, and on appropri- of nature protection and economic and social in- ate free development areas with good transport terests, accessibility, f) to improve the area transport accessibility, Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development g) to create preconditions for ensuring of the nature in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and protection interest, and of the economic and so- Trade, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. cial ones. Term: continuously c) to support, in particular, the ecological agricultu- Objectives for spatial planning: re, ecologic types of recreation, tourism and cyc- a) to identify the major poles and centres of econo- ling, treatment of local raw materials, traditional mic development of the area, in the chosen sett- crafts, etc., by investments, lements to create conditions for spatial develop- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development ment and improvement of transport and technical in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, infrastructure, and civic amenities, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. b) to create territorial prerequisites of the deve- Term: continuously lopment of the area transport accessibility and d) to promote the development of ecological trans- the development of cross-border traffic through port forms, in particular in the territory of intensi- ways, in particular to Klodzko, vely used parts of the protected landscape area of c) to interconnect the system of foot and cycling the Jeseníky, and namely of the public transport paths with neighbouring Poland and to form the for the area recreational use, final shape of the long-distance ways system, Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperati- d) to create territorial prerequisites for the develo- on with the Ministry of Environment pment of recreation and tourism, timber-proces- Term: continuously sing industry and of traditional crafts, in parti- e) on the State and international levels, to promote

32 natural and cultural values of the area, and the re- Criteria and conditions for decision-making on creational opportunities with the aim of tourism changes in the area: development, organisation of consultations for a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- the qualification development of the area inhabi- ditions for the area sustainable development, tants. b) to create opportunities for improvement and sta- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development bilization of living standard of inhabitants, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, c) to create opportunities for short-term recreation the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Fo- in the area, reign Affairs d) to solve the conflict between the interests of coal Term: continuously mining and the threat to the built up area as well f) to cooperate with the Polish party in the field of by the landscape devastation, nature and landscape protection, and in the crea- e) to promote the restructuring of the existing eco- tion of conditions for and possibilities of econo- nomy, to create new jobs by construction of new mic and social development, industrial zones and logistic centres, Responsible: Ministry of Environment, and Mi- f) to create conditions to ensure both the interests nistry for Regional Development in cooperati- of nature protection and economic and social in- on with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the terests. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Objectives for spatial planning: Term: continuously a) to create, in major economic centres, territorial g) to examine the possibilities for the delimitation preconditions for renewal of settlements (re- of a corridor to construct the high capacity trans- building of built up area and its improvement) port route in the direction Moravská Třebová and for reclamation of devastated areas for the – CR border (–Wroclaw), purpose of their use as new industrial zones, and/ Responsible: Ministry of Transport or as landscape for recreation, Term: before accomplishment of the R35, R 43 b) to look for appropriate areas for construction of construction new industrial zones and logistic centres, and also for other uses, in particular the abandoned (65) SOB5 Specific area Karvinsko industrial areas appropriate for further use, and the areas linked with transport corridors D47 and Delimitation R48 and in near-border regions, SEM Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová (the Kar- c) to look for appropriate areas for forming the ne- vinsko area represents a part of the development area twork of green belts and places in the area for OB2 Ostrava). the purpose of conserving the ecological stability and the permeability of landscape, and to delimit Delimitation reasons: areas appropriate for afforestation, in particular a) The area is characteristic by structural affection within the framework of reclamation of the post- of economy due to, in particular due to the decay -mining areas, of heavy industry and to rationalization of coal d) to solve territorial contexts related to the con- mining. struction of the highway D47 Lipník nad Bečvou b) It is a structurally affected region with high – Ostrava – CR border, and of the expressway unemployment rate and large areas devastated R48 Lipník nad Bečvou – Český Těšín, by industry and mining. The high level of air e) to improve the general urban structure of develo- pollution is a big problem. The area here is ex- pment by means of spatial planning instruments, posed to intensive traffic, with major railway f) to seek appropriate land for building, in particu- and road connections to Slovakia and Poland lar of family houses, passing through, as well as the planned highway g) to coordinate the planning activity and spatial connection to Poland. The favourable transport development of the area with the Polish party, existing state creates preconditions of further and to cooperate with them when elaborating the economic development. planning documentation of regions, c) In the territory, there are important resources of h) to determine the measures for ensuring the eco- energetic mineral raw materials of trans-national logical pillar within the framework of sustainable importance. development in balance with the other pillars.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 33 Objectives for the Ministries and other central (66) SOB 6 Specific area Mostecko administrative authorities: a) to subsidize, by investments, the restructuring of Delimitation economics, in particular the utilisation of brown- SEM Bílina, Litvínov, Most (the area represents a part fields, construction of new industrial zones and of the development axis OS8 Ústí nad Labem –Most logistic centres, – Chomutov – Karlovy Vary – CR border). Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with the Ministry for Regional De- Delimitation reasons: velopment a) The structurally handicapped area unilateral- Term: continuously ly oriented to coal mining, power engineering b) to inform potential investors including the foreign and chemistry industry. The stagnation of these ones on development possibilities of settlements, branches has caused serious economic and social and on appropriate free development areas with problems, and in earlier times, it had polluted the good transport accessibility, environment substantially. The branches mentio- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development ned cannot continue developing intensively over in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and the loading limit of the area, and their dominance Trade and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be limited and substituted by a diversified Term: continuously economic structure. c) to subsidize, by investments, the regeneration of b) The region of the Mostecko shows remarkable settlements (rebuilding of developed areas and social, economic and environmental problems their improvement), and reclamation of devasta- connected, in the majority, with coal mining, in ted areas to use them as new industrial zones, particular with its decay and landscape devasta- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development tion in mining territories. The extent of areas de- in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and vastated by mining and affected by emissions is Trade remarkable. In the region of the Krušné hory, the Term: continuously forest stand has been strongly affected, a further d) to subsidize, by investments, the creation of gre- promotion of their renewal is necessary in future. en belts and areas and afforestation within the c) In the territory, there are important resources of framework of reclamation of post-mining areas energetic mineral raw materials with trans-natio- to conserve the landscape’s ecological stability nal significance. and permeability, Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture in coopera- tion with the Ministry of Environment Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Term: continuously changes in the area: e) to cooperate with the Polish party in the field of a) to create prerequisites for reaching balanced con- nature and landscape protection, and to create ditions of the area sustainable development, conditions and opportunities of economic and b) to create conditions for improvement and stabili- social development, zation of living standard of inhabitants, Responsible: Ministry of Environment in coope- c) to create conditions for strengthening the stagna- ration with the Ministry for Regional Develop- ting economic and social development; it requi- ment, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, res huge investments in the territory, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the d) to ensure the reclamation of devastated landsca- Ministry of Foreign Affairs pe and its use for settlement and recreation func- Term: continuously tions, f) to assess the positive and negative characteristics e) to create preconditions for the possibility both of (economic, social, natural, territorial and other) long-term and short-term recreation in the area, of possible extension of coal mining in relation to f) to solve conflicts between the interests of coal energy policy, to further opportunities of economic mining and the threat to the territory by landsca- and social development of the area, and in relation pe devastation, to nature and landscape protection and of develo- g) to ensure the restructuring and larger diversifica- ped area, and to decide, how to proceed in future, tion of existing economy, in particular by con- Responsible: ministry of Industry and Trade in struction of new industrial zones, and so to create cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, new jobs, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the h) to create conditions for ensuring both the inte- Ministry for Regional Development rests of nature protection and economic and so- Term: before 2010 cial ones.

34 Objectives for spatial planning: c) to inform potential investors including the fo- a) to create territorial prerequisites for the neces- reign ones on opportunities of settlements de- sary landscape renewal, of its water regime, for velopment and on appropriate free development the renewal of transport system, and the multi- areas having good transport accessibility, functional land use for various purposes (agri- Responsible: Ministry for Regional Development culture, forest, recreation, sports, housing, etc.) in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and with regard to specific existing state of indivi- Trade and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dual territories, Term: continuously b) within the framework of the cultural landscape d) to subsidize, by investments, the formation of renewal and of multifunctional land use, to crea- network of green belts and areas in the region to te conditions for the formation of large coherent conserve the ecological stability and landscape green areas having the recreational function, and area permeability and to do so for recreation c) in case of extension of open cast lignite mining, purpose, to determine the regulations for the nature, land- Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture in coope- scape, and developed area protection, ration with the Ministry of Environment d) to seek appropriate land for housing, in particu- Term: continuously lar for family houses, e) to cooperate with the German party in the field e) to assess possibilities of strengthening the trans- of nature and landscape protection, and in the port routes in direction to Ústí nad Labem and creation of conditions and opportunities of eco- Chomutov with the continuation towards the nomic and social development, territory of Saxony, Responsible: Ministry of Environment and Mi- f) to determine measures for ensuring, within the nistry for Regional Development in cooperati- framework of sustainable development, the eco- on with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the logical pillar in balance with the other pillars. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Objectives for the Ministries and other central Term: continuously administrative authorities: f) to promote the use of recultivated land for agri- a) to assess the conditions for the brown coal mi- culture, ning in the area in relation to the power engi- Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture neering policy, in particular in connection with Term: continuously other possible alternatives of obtaining the elect- g) to apply technological measures limiting the in- ric energy; to decide on further opportunities of dustrial exhalations (e.g., power engineering and mining including the determination of tolerable chemistry industry), limits, Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade in Term: continuously cooperation with the Ministry of Environment h) to assess the possibility of shutdown of the most and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs problematic thermal power plants in connection Term: in 2006 with the higher level of use of nuclear energy b) to subsidize, by investment, the restructuring and of other alternative resources. and diversification of economy, to promote the Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade construction of industrial zones above all, in Term: before 2008 particular by the utilisation of brownfields with regard to the area character, Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with the Ministry for Regional De- velopment Term: continuously

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 35 , th development areas development – Kralovicko – Podbořansko – Podbořansko – Kralovicko major European roads– existing state state major European roads– existing stream/water major water surface state – existing SPECIFIC AREAS Note: in the specific areas are marked In the drawing, districts of State- compliance with administrative municipalities (SEM). -empowered in compli- the specific areas are delimited In the text, districts of State-empowered ance with administrative municipalities (SEM). of specific areas in the drawing The marking 4 corresponds with their description in the Chapter SOB1 Specific area Šumava Rakovnicko Beskydy area area Sněžník area SOB1 Specific Jeseníky Specific SOB2 Specific area SOB3 Králický Specific Karvinsko SOB4 area – SOB5 Specific SOB6 Specific area Mostecko Specific areas. CHART 2: SPECIFIC AREAS CHART 2: SPECIFIC

36 5 TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AND AREAS

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 37 5. TRANSPORT (72) M 1 CORRIDORS AND AREAS Delimitation: Praha – České Budějovice – CR border (–Linz) as 5.1 OBJECTIVE a part of the development axis OS4 Praha – České Budějovice – CR border (–Linz) (67) The transport infrastructure as a part of public in- frastructure is being established and used in public Delimitation reasons: interest. The purpose of delimitation of transport The necessity of interconnection of the IVth mul- corridors in the Spatial Development Policy of the timodal corridor (Berlin – Dresden – Praha – Bra- CR is the protection of areas for the location e.g. tislava – Györ – Budapest – Constanţa/Thessalo- of roads, railways and waterways which influence niki /Istanbul) with the Xth multimodal corridor the territorial development of the Czech Republic, (Salzburg – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Beograd – Niš overreach, by their importance, the territory of one – Skopje – Veles – Thessaloniki) or its branches region, and enable the interconnection of the basic XthA (Graz – Maribor – Zagreb) as an appropriate network of transport ways in the territory of the complement of the lacking logic link in the grid Czech Republic and that with the neighbouring system of multimodal corridors in the Central Eu- States. rope. (68) Various systems of transport infrastructure require the necessary coordination of their localization in Criteria and conditions for decision-making on the country with regard to the protection and deve- changes in the area: lopment of its values, and for this reason, as well Providing the railway and road corridor for quali- as finding a qualitatively better and more sensitive tatively higher systems of railroad and road trans- passing through a territory. The coordination of port corridors. transport infrastructure in both developed and un- developed areas is inevitable. Objectives for spatial planning: (69) The minimization of negative impacts on natural, To proceed in compliance with the requirements civilization and cultural values of a territory with on the corridors of conventional railway transport regard to creation of conditions for its sustainable C E 551a of international railway transport corri- development is the general criterion and condition dors, and on those D3 and R3 of international road for localization of transport corridors and areas as transport. well as for their delimitation in the planning do- cumentation. In the solutions proposed to prevent Objectives for the Ministries and other central possible collisions with the protection of public administrative authorities: interests, and in such cases when they cannot be To examine the possibility of integrating the mul- excluded, to apply, for elimination of such colli- timodal corridor into the network of Trans-Euro- sions, technical measures when constructing the pean multimodal corridors. transport infrastructure. Responsible: Ministry of Transport (70) By means of spatial planning instruments, it is Term: before the next meeting of the Ministers of necessary to specify the delimitation of areas and Transport of Europe corridors with the aim to examine the possibilities of their future use. The hitherto land use must not 5.2.1.2 Railway transport be changed in such a way which would make the examined land use in future impossible, or sub- THE CORRIDORS OF HIGH-SPEED TRANSPOR- stantially more difficult. TATION

5.2 PROPOSAL (73) VR 1

5.2.1 TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AND AREAS Delimitation: OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE (Dresden–) CR border – Praha – Brno – CR border (Wien/Bratislava) 5.2.1.1 Multimodal corridors (Nürnberg–) CR border – Plzeň – Praha Brno – Přerov – Ostrava – CR border (–Poland). (71) Multimodal corridors are characterized by the con- It passes through in the development axes OS2 centration of two or more modes with transport Praha – Ústí nad Labem – Dresden, in the section labour division.

38 Jihlava – Brno, it passes through the axis OS6 Pra- railway corridor. ha – Jihlava – Brno, further on, through the axes In the section Plzeň – Praha, it passes through the OS5 Brno – Břeclav – Wien, OS1 Praha – Plzeň development axis OS1. – Nürnberg, and OS5 Katowice – Ostrava – Olo- mouc – Brno (in both branches). Delimitation reasons: The realization of the EU project 222) which solves Delimitation reasons: the quality improvement of railway transport in- The need of ensuring the permeability of the CR frastructure. Increase in attractiveness and capaci- territory by the corridors of high-speed transpor- ty of railway transport on major international lines tation in linking up with analogous corridors in integrated into transit railway corridors. Realizati- particular in the GFR, and/or in Austria (coordina- on of requirements of the European agreement on tion study of the high-speed railway lines, by the major railway arteries (hereafter AGC) and of the Ministry of Transport). European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and on related objects Criteria and conditions for decision-making on (hereinafter, AGTC). changes in the area: To find the best solution without conflict with the Criteria and conditions for decision-making on nature and landscape protection (to solve the con- changes in the area: flicts with the Natura 2000 as a new objective). To optimize railway connections, to improve the transport accessibility. To increase the transport Objectives for spatial planning: mode competitiveness which would be more envi- To delimit the areas and corridors with the aim ronment friendly. of examining the possibilities of future use. The hitherto use must not be changed in the manner Objectives for spatial planning: which would make the verified future use impossi- To ensure the territorial changes of corridors when ble, or substantially more difficult. securing the required technological parameters in- cluded in the agreements AGT and AGTC, in par- Objectives for the Ministries and other central ticular of the design speed. administrative authorities: To examine the reality and purposefulness of ter- Objectives for the Ministries and other central ritorial protection of the high-speed railway corri- administrative authorities: dors including the use of high-speed transport and To prepare the background materials for territorial its coordination with other countries concerned, changes of corridors so that they could be integra- and subsequent possible determination of conditi- ted into the planning documentation. ons for territorial reserves. Responsible: Ministry of Transport Responsible: Ministry of Transport which will es- Term: before the end of 2008 tablish a joint committee for the purposes of so- lution of this task; this committee will be formed (75) C-E 551a of representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry for Regional Development, the Ministry Delimitation: of Environment, and of Regions concerned. Praha – Benešov – Veselí nad Lužnicí – České Bu- Term: before 2008 dějovice – Horní Dvořiště – CR border (–Linz). The following lines are concerned: No. 221 Praha THE CORRIDORS OF CONVENTIONAL RAILWAY – Benešov, No. 220 Benešov – České Budějovice, TRANPORT and No. 196 České Budějovice – Horní Dvořiště. The corridor represents a part of the IVth transit (74) C-E 40a railway corridor, and passes through the develop- ment axis OS4 Praha – České Budějovice – CR Delimitation: border – (–Linz), and forms an inseparable part of (Nürnberg–) CR border – Cheb – Plzeň – Praha the proposed new multimodal corridor M1. (further on, it is still a part of the Ist transit railway corridor). Delimitation reasons: The following lines are concerned: No. 170 Cheb The necessity of realization of the EU project – Plzeň – Beroun, and No. 171 Beroun – Praha. 2) Decision 884/2004/ES of the European Parliament and of the Council form The corridor represents a part of the IIIrd transit 29th April 2004, amending the Decision 1692/96/ES, on directives of the Community for Development of the Transeuropean Transport Network.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 39 No. 22 which solves the quality improvement of Objectives for the Ministries and other central railway transport infrastructure. Improvement of administrative authorities: attractiveness and capacity of railway transport To assess and select the corridor including the in major international lines included into transit handing off point agreed with the Austrian party. railway corridors. Fulfilling the requirements of To ensure the selection of a double-track railway the European agreement on major railway arteries corridor and its choice for maximum loading trans- (hereinafter, AGC) and of the Agreement on Im- port flow of both personal and freight transport. To portant International Combined Transport Lines select two best assessed corridors at least, and to and on related objects (hereinafter, AGTC). assess them according to the probability of their loaded capacity level, of the need of ensuring the Criteria and conditions for decision-making on area serviceability and possible conflicts in it. changes in the area: Responsible: Ministry of Transport To optimize railway connections, to improve the Term: before the end of 2009 transport accessibility. To increase the transport mode competitiveness which would be more envi- (77) C-E 40b ronment friendly. Delimitation: Objectives for spatial planning: The section Ostrava – Mosty u Jablunkova – CR To ensure the territorial specification of corridors border (–Žilina) with regard to the securing of required technologi- The line forms a part of the IIIrd transit railway cal parameters integrated into the agreements AGC corridor. It is represented by the line No. 320. and AGTC, in particular of the design speed. The section (branch line from the IInd transit railway corridor) Hranice na Moravě – Valašské Objectives for the Ministries and other central Meziříčí – Vsetín – Horní Lideč – CR border (–Pú- administrative authorities: chov), The line No. 280 is concerned. To prepare the background materials for territorial changes of corridors so that they could be integra- Delimitation reasons: ted into the planning documentation. Implementing the commitments of the CR as the sig- Responsible: Ministry of Transport natory of international agreements AGC and AGCT. Term: before the end of 2008 Criteria and conditions for decision-making on (76) C-E 551b changes in the area: To optimize the railway connections, to improve Delimitation: the transport accessibility. To increase the trans- České Budějovice – Horní Dvořiště – CR border (–Linz). port mode competitiveness which would be more It is a substitution of single-line railway No. 196, environment friendly. where the corridor České Budějovice – Kaplice/Čes- ký Krumlov – CR border (–Linz) is considered. The Objectives for spatial planning: corridor passes through a part of the development axis To ensure territorial changes of corridors, securing OS4 Praha – České Budějovice – CR border (–Linz). the technology parameters required by the agree- ments AGC and AGCT, in particular of the design Delimitation reasons: speed. Ensuring the agreement between the CR and Aus- tria on common preparation of the railway corridor Objectives for the Ministries and other central for the double-line railway. administrative authorities: To prepare the background materials for territorial Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes so that they could be integrated into the changes in the area: planning documents. To find a solution with the nature and landscape Responsible: Ministry of Transport protection (e.g., Natura 2000) which will bring mi- Term: before the end of 2008 nimum of conflicts. (78) C-E 61 Objectives for spatial planning: To ensure the corridor protection. Delimitation: D ěčín – Nymburk – Kolín, Kolín –Havlíčkův Brod

40 – Brno (further on, it forms a part of the Ist transit ching line to Zlín and in direction to Slovakia. railway corridor). Introduction of the transport more environment The lines No. 072 Děčín – Lysá nad Labem –, friendly into the regions with increased nature and No. 231 Lysá nad Labem – Kolín, No. 230 Kolín landscape protection. – Havlíčkův Brod, and No. 250 Havlíčkův Brod – Brno are concerned. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on The corridor passes through the development axis changes in the area: OS2 (Dresden–) CR border – Ústí nad Labem – Increasing the railway line permeability in the se- Praha, and through a part of the development axis ction Brno – Přerov with the design speed 160 km/ OS6 Praha – Hradec Králové/Pardubice. h.

Delimitation reasons: Objectives for spatial planning: Implementing the commitments of the CR as the sig- To ensure the territory orthogonal projection of se- natory of international agreements AGC and AGCT. lected variants of the solutions into the planning documents. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Objectives for the Ministries and other central To optimize the railway connections, to improve administrative authorities: the transport accessibility. To increase the trans- To elaborate the pilot project examining the project port mode competitiveness which would be more feasibility. environment friendly. Responsible: Ministry of Transport Term: before the end of 2010 Objectives for spatial planning: To ensure territorial changes of corridors, securing (80) ŽD 2 the technology parameters required by the agree- ments AGC and AGCT, in particular of the design Delimitation: speed. The corridor Chrudim – Pardubice – Hradec Krá- lové – Jaroměř – Trutnov – CR border (–Walbr- Objectives for the Ministries and other central zych) with branching line Jaroměř – Náchod – CR administrative authorities: border (Kudowa Zdrój – Klodzko). To prepare the background materials for territorial changes of corridors so that they could be integra- Delimitation reasons: ted into the planning documents. Enhancing the use of the railway line capacity ha- Responsible: Ministry of Transport ving high intensity of personal transport. Term: before the end of 2010 Increasing the attractiveness by means of the bran- ching line Hradec Králové – Jaroměř – Náchod (79) ŽD1 – CR border (–Kudowa Zdrój – Klodzko). Introduction of the transport more environment Delimitation: friendly into the regions with increased nature and The corridor Brno – Přerov (existing line No. 300) landscape protection. with the possible branch line Kroměříž – Otroko- Solution of regional disparities in the field of labour vice – Zlín – Vizovice – Valašská Polanka (exi- market, i.e., of lack of qualified working force for sting line No. 280) Hranice na Moravě – Horní further development of the agglomeration Chru- Lideč – CR border (–Púchov), possible utilization dim – Pardubice – Hradec Králové on the Czech of sections of the existing line No. 331 Otrokovice side, and free disposable working force sources in – Zlín – Vizovice. It passes through the develop- the agglomeration Walbrzych, Nowa Ruda. ment axis OS55 Katowice – Ostrava – Olomouc/ Development of tourism by means of the environ- Přerov – Brno, and the branching line passes part- ment friendly transport. ly through the whole development axis OS11 Zlín – Horní Lideč – CR border (–Púchov). Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Delimitation reasons: The complete modernization of railway transport Enhancing the use of the railway line capacity ha- in the line Chrudim _ Pardubice – Hradec Králové ving high intensity of personal transport. – Jaroměř – Trutnov – CR border (–Walbrzych), Increasing the attractiveness by means of the bran- making the double-track line in the section Pardu-

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 41 bice – Hradec Králové, and the complete moderni- road network and ensuring the transfer of expected zation with the aim of increasing the transportation loads of transport intensity to that quantitatively speed and the construction of railway connection higher level of transport corridor. Jaroměř – Náchod – CR border (–Kudowa Zdrój – Klodzko) with determining the line change in the (83) D 3 section Jaroměř – Náchod. Strengthening the territory serviceability; inter- Delimitation: connection with Poland. The section Praha – Tábor –České Budějovice – Dolní Třebonín (E 55) in the development axis OS4 Objectives for spatial planning: Praha – České Budějovice – CR border (–Linz). To stabilize the corridor for construction of high- It is a part of the designed multimodal corridor M1. -capacity transport route in the planning documen- tation. Objectives for spatial planning: To ensure the integration of the territory orthogo- Objectives for the Ministries and other central nal projection of the chosen variant into the plan- administrative authorities: ning documentation. To examine the reasons and possibilities of the cor- ridor delimitation for construction of high-capacity Objectives for the Ministries and other central transport route. administrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry of Transport and the Králo- To assess non stabilized corridors of the highway, véhradecký Region and to select the variant. Term: before the end of 2008 Responsible: Ministry of Transport on cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry 5.2.1.3 Road transport for Regional Development Term: before the end of 2007 (81) When taking the national spatial planning priori- ties in criteria and conditions for decision-making CORRIDORS OF EXPRESSWAYS on changes in the area into consideration, to cho- ice the solution minimizing the negative impacts (84) R1 on the nature and landscape protection, to ensure the transport serviceability of development areas Delimitation: in particular. In the planning documents to create The expressway road circuit of the capital Praha conditions for construction. to the end, of basic ne- (among individual international lines leading to twork of high-capacity transport routes enabling to Praha). transfer a part of loads caused by intensive trans- port. To create conditions of the West – East inter- (85) R 11 connection which will make it possible to transfer a part of transport performance from the overloa- Delimitation: ded D1, and to create conditions enabling the nor- The expressway Jaroměř – Trutnov – CR border th-south transport interconnection. (–Walbrzych) (E 67). It links up with the highway D 11 in the section of the development axis OS3 HIGHWAY CORRIDORS Hradec Králové – Trutnov – CR border (–Wroc- law). (82) D 11 (86) R 49 Delimitation: The section Hradec Králové – Smiřice – Jaroměř Delimitation: (international line “E 67” according to the Euro- Fryšták – Zlín – Vizovice – Horní Lideč – CR border pean agreement on main roads with international (–Púchov) (E 50) in the whole of the development traffic – hereinafter, AGR, within the part of the axis OS11 Zlín – Horní Lideč – CR border (–Pú- development axis OS3 Hradec Králové – Trutnov chov). – CR border (–Wroclaw). (87) R 3 Delimitation reasons: Delimitation: The preparation of accomplishment of the basic Dolní Třebonín – Kaplice – Dolní Dvořiště – Linz/

42 Austria (E 55) in the development axis OS4 Praha struction of the high-capacity transport communica- – České Budějovice – CR border (–Linz). tion Moravská Třebová – CR border (–Wroclaw). Responsible: Ministry of Transport (88) R 6 Term: before the accomplishment of R35 and R 43 construction Delimitation: Praha – Karlovy Vary – CR border (–Bayreuth) (E (91) R 52 48, the section Karlovy Vary – Cheb, also E 49) in the section Karlovy Vary – Cheb – in the develo- Delimitation: pment axis OS8 Ústí nad Labem – Karlovy Vary Pohořelice – Mikulov – Drasenhofen/Austria (E 461). – Cheb. 5.2.1.4 Waterway transport Objectives for spatial planning: To assess and decide on solution of territorial con- (92) VD1 flicts of the corridor R 6 in the section eastwards from Karlovy Vary with the protected landscape Delimitation: area and bird protection area NATURA 2000. Labe: Pardubice – German border. It passes through a part of the development axis OS3 Praha – Hradec (89) R 35 Králové/Pardubice, and through the development axis OS2 Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Praha. Delimitation: The section Turnov – Sedlice (Hradec Králové) – Delimitation reasons: Vysoké Mýto – Moravská Třebová – Mohelnice (E Procurement of step-by-step making the Labe navi- 442). It passes through a part of the development gable and improvement of the waterway parameters. axis OS9 Hradec Králové /Pardubice – Olomouc. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Objectives for spatial planning: changes in the area: To select the variants of the line R 35 in the secti- Limitation of possible conflicts with the nature and on Vysoké Mýto – Moravská Třebová, and Turnov landscape protection and the flood protection. – Jičín – Úlibice. To protect the expressway R 35 corridor in the planning documentation. Objectives for spatial planning: To ensure the territorial coordination of making Objectives for the Ministries and other central the Labe navigable and of claims on territorial re- administrative authorities: quirements for making the river navigable for the To select the variants of the line R 35 harbour in Pardubice, and the interconnection of a) in the section 1 Vysoké Mýto – Moravská Třebová, water, railway, road and air transport. To delimit b) in the section 2 Turnov – Jičín – Úlibice areas and corridors in form of land reserve with the Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation with aim of examining the possibilities of future use for the Ministry of Environment and concerned Regions. the purpose of improvement of parameters utilized Term: the first section before the end of 2006, the on waterways. second one, before the end of 2008. Objectives for the Ministries and other central (90) R 43 administrative authorities: To examine the feasibility and purposefulness of Delimitation: the need of parameters improvement of utilized Brno – Boskovice – Moravská Třebová (E 461) in waterways including the possible determination of the development axis OS10 Brno – Svitavy/Mo- conditions for creation of land reserve. ravská Třebová. Responsible: Ministry of Transport Term: before the end 2008 Objectives for the Ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: (93) VD2 To examine the possibilities of changes in the road corridors hierarchy, namely in the international sco- Delimitation: pe after construction of R 35, and R 43. To examine The waterway utilized on the Vltava river (E 20- the possibilities of laying out the corridor for con- 06) in the section Mělník (confluent with the Labe)

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 43 – Praha – Třebenice. It passes through the develop- 5.2.1.5 Combined transport ment axis OS2 Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Praha, and through a part of the development axis OS4 (95) KD1 Praha – České Budějovice – Linz. Delimitation reasons: Delimitation: Improvement of parameters of utilized waterways. C 590 Miedzylesie (Poland – PKP) – Lichkov – Ústí nad Orlicí. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on C 65 Zavidów (Poland – PKP) – Frýdlant – Libe- changes in the area: rec – Turnov – Mladá Boleslav – Lysá nad Labem Flood protection and preservation of environment. – Milovice – Praha in the development axis OS7 Praha – Liberec. Objectives for spatial planning: To procure the land reserves for the purposes of Delimitation reasons: improving the parameters of utilized waterways. Implementing the commitments of the CR as the signatory of the international agreement AGTC. Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on To examine real need of the improvement of the changes in the area: applied waterways parameters. The profile permeability, axle load pressure, chan- Responsible: Ministry of Transport ge of safety appliance, keeping the design speed Term: before the end of 2008. (120 km/h) according to the agreements, and re- moval of one-level crossing points (of railways (94) VD4 with roads, above all).

Delimitation: Objectives for spatial planning: Odra – Váh (according to AGN E 81) To provide the changes of corridors when ensu- ring the technological parameters required by the Delimitation reasons: AGTC agreement. Fulfilment of the AGN agreement. Objectives for the Ministries and other central Criteria and conditions for decision-making on administrative authorities: changes in the area: To prepare the background documents for territo- Satisfactory water quantity in the upper part of the rial changes of corridors so that they could be inte- river, solution expensiveness, protection of settle- grated into the planning documentation. ments against their possible liquidation. Responsible: Ministry of Transport Term: before the end of 2008 Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: 5.2.1.6 Airports To refuse the realization of planned canal connecti- on Odra – Váh in the CR territory and after agree- (96) L1 ments with the countries concerned (Poland, Slova- kia) to recommend the exemption of this investment Delimitation: project from AGN. Based on the verification, it has A new parallel runway and take-off and landing been found that there is not satisfactory water quan- areas at the airport Praha-Ruzyně. tity in the upper part of the river for the canal con- nection that the solution expensiveness is high, and Delimitation reasons: by the realization, a parts of the cities Český Těšín Enhancing the capacity of the international airport. and Třinec would have to be liquidated. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Criteria and conditions for decision-making on with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs changes in the area: Term: before the end of 2008 The minimization of negative impacts on the built up area.

44 Objectives for spatial planning: Objectives for the Ministries and other central ad- To take into consideration newly delimited pro- ministrative authorities: tection areas for the runway and the take-off and To prepare background materials for the project landing areas as the new land use limits in the integration into the planning documentation. planning documentation. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and with the Re- Objectives for the Ministries and other central gions concerned. administrative authorities: Term: before the end of 2006 To determine the protected and the anti-noise hygi- enic zones. (99) R 55 Responsible: Ministry of Transport Term: before the end of 2008 Delimitation: R 55 in the sections Olomouc – Přerov and further on 5.2.2 TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AND AREAS Napajedla – Uherské Hradiště – Hodonín – Břeclav. OF NATIONWIDE IMPORTANCE The section passes through the development axis OS5 Olomouc – Přerov – Zlín/Otrokovice – Břec- 5.2.2.1 Road transport lav – Wien.

(97) R 4 Delimitation reasons: Providing a qualitatively better serviceability of Delimitation: the territory with high concentration of settlements R 4 in the section Příbram – Nová Hospoda (1/20 and inhabitants. – Písek/Strakonice) Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Delimitation reasons: changes in the area: Provision of one of major transport directions wi- The passage through the territory with minimizing thin the State territory. the environmental impacts, in particular in the con- flict point with the Bzenecká Doubrava. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Objectives for spatial planning: The traffic intensity, according to which the com- To solve the territorial contexts of specified corri- munication cross-profile will be selected. dor R 55 with the aim of minimizing the negative impact on the bird protection area Bzenecká Doub- Objectives for the Ministries and other central rava – Strážnické Pomoraví. administrative authorities: To prepare background documents for the investment Objectives for the Ministries and other central project integration into the planning documentation. administrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation To ensure the optimum solution of the R 55 con- with the Ministry of Environment and with the Re- flict with the Bzenecká Doubrava. gions concerned. Responsible: Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Term: before the end of 2010 Environment Term: before the end of 2008 (98) R 7 (100) S 1 Delimitation: R 7 in the section Slaný – Louny – Chomutov. Delimitation: Čáslav/Kutná Hora – D 1 (Soutice) – Vlašim – Vo- Delimitation reasons: tice D 3 – approach to I/18 (Sedlčany – Příbram); Provision of one of major transport directions wi- I/43 (R 43) – Boskovice – Prostějov; thin of the State territory. Corridor Příbram – Rakovník.

Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Delimitation reasons: changes in the area: Renewal, and/or looking for new corridors for the The traffic intensity, according to which the com- primary roads of the nationwide importance which munication cross-profile will be selected. would enable the road network densification.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 45 Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Objectives for spatial planning: changes in the area: To stabilize the corridor for construction of a trans- Balancing the territory serviceability. port route in the planning documentation.

Objectives for the Ministries and other central Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: administrative authorities: To examine the possibilities of changing the road To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- corridors. tion for construction of the transport route. Responsible: Ministry of Transport Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Term: Before the end of 2010 with the Regions concerned Term: before the end of 2008 (101) S 2 (103) S 4 Delimitation: Mohelnice – Mikulovice – CR border. Delimitation: Nová Hospoda – Vimperk – Strážný – CR border Delimitation reasons: Importance for the accessibility of the Jesenicko Delimitation reasons: (SOB4). Linking-up with R 4 (one of the major transport directions within the State territory). Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on The accessibility of the Hrubý Jeseník as the supra- changes in the area: regional tourism and recreation centre. Elimination of traffic problems on the road I/4.

Objectives for spatial planning: Objectives for spatial planning: To examine the corridor for building the high ca- To stabilize the corridor for construction of a trans- pacity transport route in the planning documentati- port route. on. Objectives for the Ministries and other central Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: administrative authorities: To examine, in the planning documentation, the To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- possibility of the corridor delimitation for con- tion for building the high capacity transport route. struction of the transport route. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation with the Olomoucký Region and with the Ministry with the Jihočeský Region and with the Ministry of of Environment. Environment Term: before the end of 2008 Term: before the end of 2008

(102) S 3 (104) S 5

Delimitation: Delimitation: Pala čov – Lešná – Valašské Meziříčí – Vsetín – Liberec – Hrádek nad Nisou – CR border Pozděchov (R 49) Delimitation reasons: Delimitation reasons: Better linking-up with Praha and Brno (link with OS 7). The interlink of the road I/35 with the expressway R 48. The interlink of the roads R 48 and R 49. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Balancing the area serviceability. changes in the area: Transfer of transport in direction to Valašské Me- Objectives for spatial planning: ziříčí, and decongestion of traffic relating to the To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the balneal territory of Teplice nad Bečvou. corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- port route.

46 Objectives for the Ministries and other central route. administrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation To examine the possibility of the corridor delimitation with the Moravskoslezský Region and the Ministry for construction of the high-capacity transport route. of Environment Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Term: before the end of 2008 with the Liberecký Region Term: before the end of 2008 (105) S 6 (107) S 8

Delimitation: Delimitation: Opava – Ostrava Chomutov – Křimov – Hora sv. Šebestiána – CR border Delimitation reasons: Linking-up with the expressway R 56. Delimitation reasons: Complementation of high-capacity transport routes Criteria and conditions for decision-making on with regard to the supposed traffic growth among changes in the area: the Ústecký Region, indirectly the Karlovarský Strengthening the area serviceability. Region, and the Freistaat Sachsen.

Objectives for spatial planning: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the changes in the area: corridor for construction of a transport route. Enhancing the capacity of the by-pass section of the road around the Hora sv. Šebestiána. Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: Objectives for spatial planning: To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the tion for construction of the high-capacity transport corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- route. port route. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation with the Moravskoslezský Region Objectives for the Ministries and other central Term: before the end of 2008 administrative authorities: To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- (106) S 7 tion for construction of the high-capacity transport route. Delimitation: Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation Bohumín – Havířov – Třanovice – Mosty u Jablun- with the Ústecký Region and the Ministry of Envi- kova – CR border ronment Term: before the end of 2008 Delimitation reasons: Completion of high-capacity transport routes. (108) S 9

Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Delimitation: changes in the area: Mladá Boleslav – Havlíčkův Brod – Jihlava – Zno- Strengthening the area serviceability and links to jmo – Hatě – CR border the Slovak Republic. Delimitation reasons: Objectives for spatial planning: Transport linking-up in the direction northwest To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the – southeast, with interconnection to Austria. corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- port route. Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Objectives for the Ministries and other central Strengthening the area serviceability, in particular administrative authorities: in the Vysočina Region. To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- tion for construction of the high-capacity transport

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 47 Objectives for spatial planning: The transit transport load decongestion within the To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the development area OB 9 centre. corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- port route. Objectives for spatial planning: To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the Objectives for the Ministries and other central corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- administrative authorities: port route. To examine the possibility of the corridor delimitation Term: before the end of 2008 for construction of the high-capacity transport route. Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation (111) S 12 with the corresponding Regions, and with the Mi- nistry of Environment Delimitation: Term: before the end of 2008 Karlovy Vary – Ostrov – Chomutov. The section is of decisive importance in relation to the develop- (109) S 10 ment axis OS 8 Ústí nad Labem – Most – Chomu- Delimitation: tov – Karlovy Vary – Cheb – CR border. Moravská Třebová – Lanškroun – Dolní Lipka (CR border). Delimitation reasons: Transfer of increased transport loading between Delimitation reasons: the Karlovarský and the Ústecký Regions, namely Providing a high-quality north-south route with also in relation to transversal interconnections with the possibility of interconnection to R 35 and R 43 the Freistaat Sachsen. (linking to the OS10). Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: changes in the area: Improving the area serviceability. Strengthening the area serviceability, intercon- nection to Poland. Objectives for spatial planning: To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the Objectives for spatial planning: corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- To stabilize, in the planning documentation, the port route. corridor for construction of a high-capacity trans- Term: before the end of 2008 port route. 5.2.2.2 Waterway transport Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: (112) VD5 To examine the possibility of the corridor delimita- tion for construction of the high-capacity transport Delimitation: route. T řebenice – České Budějovice – on the Vltava (on Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation the upper course, it is a part of the development with the Pardubický Region, and with the Ministry axis OS4 Praha – České Budějovice – CR border of Environment (–Linz). Term: before the end of 2008 Delimitation reasons: (110) S 11 Ensuring the conditions for navigation on the Vlta- va river. Delimitation: Otrokovice (R 55) – Zlín – Zádveřice (R 49). Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: Delimitation reasons: Environment preservation. New interlink between R 55 and R 49 Objectives for spatial planning: Criteria and conditions for decision-making on To provide, in the planning documentation, the changes in the area: area protection for building up the technical base for river navigation.

48 Objectives for the Ministries and other central nals of modal split (combined transport), storage administrative authorities: centres, and production zones. They are characte- To determine the requirements on the development rized by the following: of river navigation and its technical base (hinter- a) they are the headquarters of transportation land). enterprises, providers of logistic services, and Responsible: Ministry of Transport producers in one industrial zone; Term: before the end of 2010 b) they are linked up by two modes of transport infrastructure, i.e., by road/railway at least, (113) VD 6 c) on contrary to the existing transportation are- as, they are aimed at monitoring the synergy Delimitation: potentials, Labe (section Pardubice – Opatovice na Labi). d) the societies specialised as PLC initiate the Oh ře (confluent of the Ohře and the Labe - the ri- cooperation activities to the benefit of partici- ver kilometre 3 – Terezín). pating companies, and as neutral moderators, Berounka (confluent of the Berounka and the Vlta- they bring into life the desired economical, va – the river kilometre 37). ecological, and transport objectives.

Delimitation reasons: Delimitation reasons: To examine the usability of waterways for naviga- Promotion of modern form of logistic. Balanced tion. dislocation of on the national territory.

Criteria and conditions for decision-making on Criteria and conditions for decision-making on changes in the area: changes in the area: Environment preservation. Proximity of important transport nodes, and of lar- ge settlements. Objectives for the Ministries and other central administrative authorities: Objectives for spatial planning: To examine the navigability conditions and possi- To delimit and preserve, in the planning documen- bilities utilizable on these waterways. tation, areas for localization of PLC. Responsible: Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment Objectives for the Ministries and other central Term: before the end of 2012 administrative authorities: To specify the list of PLC localities. 5.2.2.3 Combined transport Responsible: Ministry of Transport in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of (114) PUBLIC LOGISTIC CENTRES (PLC) Industry and Trade, and the Ministry for Regional Development. Delimitation: Term: before the end of 2008 The public logistic centres provide transport and business services. There are concerned the termi-

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 49 TMC of the road - existing state TMC of the road - existing th A TMC of the road – existing state TMC of the road – existing A state TMC of the road – existing B state – existing TMC of the railway state – existing TMC of the railway state – existing TMC of the railway B th th th th th MULTIMODAL VI IV IV VI TMC – investment project TMC – investment the IV state major European roads – existing area – existing stream/water major water state IV TRANSEUROPEAN CORRIDORS (TMC) Note: of corridors and transportThe marking areas in the corresponds with their naming in the Chapter drawing corridors and areas. Transport 5, CHART 3: TRANSEUROPEAN MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS (TMC) CHART 3: TRANSEUROPEAN MULTIMODAL

50 high-speed transport corridor project – investment corridor railway Nationwide project – investment search corridor of the railway railway corridor of conventional project – investment corridor of combined transport – investment project state – existing railways Nationwide state major European roads – existing area – existing stream/water major water state Note: of corridors and transportThe marking areas in the corresponds with their naming in the Chapter drawing corridors and areas Transport 5, RAILWAY TRANSPORT RAILWAY CHART 4: RAILWAY TRANSPORT CHART 4: RAILWAY

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 51 highway corridor – investment project corridor – investment highway project corridor – investment expressway high-capacity transport line corridor – invest- ment project state – existing highways state – existing expressways primary state roads – existing state major European roads – existing area – existing stream/water major water state ROAD TRANSPORTROAD Note: of corridors and transportThe marking areas in the corresponds with their naming in the Chapter drawing of state The existing corridors and areas. Transport 5, includes also the communi- and expressways highways projects which for and investment cations being built, issued. planning permission was CHART TRANSPORT 5: ROAD

52 TRANSPORT waterway corridor waterway project – investment airportinternational area project – investment section state – existing navigation airport state international - existing state major European roads – existing area – existing stream/water major water state WATER AND AIR WATER Note: of corridors and transportThe marking areas in the corresponds with their naming in the Chapter drawing corridors and areas Transport 5, CHART 6: WATER AND AIR TRANSPORT CHART 6: WATER

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 53 54 6 TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS AND AREAS

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 55 6 TECHNICAL 6.2 PROPOSAL INFRASTRUCTURE 6.2.1 TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCUTRE CORRIDORS CORRIDORS AND AREAS AND AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE

6.1 OBJECTIVE 6.2.1.1. Energy industry

(115) The technical infrastructure as a part of public in- (119) E1 frastructure is being established and used in public interest. The systems of operational ensembles, Delineation: distribution lines, objects, engineering infra- The extra high voltage line 400 kV Otrokovice structure devices and areas, all these necessarily – Vizovice – CR border – Slovakia. need the area coordination with regard, among others, to the protection of this area for their suc- Delimitation reasons: cessive utilisation by future generations. The pur- Connection of the energy supply system of the CR pose of the engineering infrastructure corridors to the European system Union pour la Coordinati- delineation in the Spatial Development Policy of on du Transport l ́Electricité / Union for the Coor- the CR is the protection of areas for the location dination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE). of electric and gas distribution networks, long distance oil pipelines, electronic communications, Criteria for decision-making on the changes in water supply and sewerage networks, etc., which the area: all influence the spatial development of the Czech Provision of the international profile transmission Republic, whereas as to their importance, they ex- capacity in compliance with the EU-legislation. ceed the competence of one region and enable the interconnection of the technical infrastructure sys- Objectives for ministries and other central ad- tems within the Czech Republic as well as with the ministrative authorities: neighbour countries. To coordinate the investment project with the cor- (116) The individual conductive systems of technical in- responding Slovak partners. frastructure use to function, among others, as car- Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce riers of land use limits (protective regimes), and in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office therefore, the coordination at their site location, Term: continuously both in the developed and undeveloped areas, is inevitable, especially in the relation to the trans- (120) E2 port infrastructure. (117) The sources of individual systems of technical in- Delimitation: frastructure (power plants, heat stations, heating The area for electrical stations 400/110 kV Vítkov plants, gasworks, gas-holders, water basins, spring and Vernéřov and their linkage to the transmissi- areas, waste dumps, waste incineration plants and on system through the power line 400 kV incl. the others) are both capital-intensive and land deman- power line 400 kV Hradec – Vernéřov (a part of the ding. Consequently, the long-time and far-sighted route via V 461). This system will make it possible protection of the area to be used for their location to outgo the power (through an outgoing feeder) within physical planning is advisable. from new renewable sources. (118) It is necessary to put more precisely, by means of physical planning instruments, the technical in- Delimitation reasons: frastructure areas and corridors delimitation with Ensuring the transformation 400/110 kV at the a view to examine the options of their future use. electrical station Vernéřov and the connection to The existing land use may not be changed in a way the transmission system through the power line that would disable or substantially aggravate the 400 kV incl. the power line 400 kV from the stati- examined future land use. on Hradec to the station Vernéřov.

56 Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: the area: Preparation and provision of the energy sector for Fulfilment of international requirements on the di- the utilisation of renewable sources in the CR. versification of gas line routes to Austria and Ger- many. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- To ensure the investment programme coordinati- ministrative authorities: on. To ensure the investment project coordination with Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce foreign partners. in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Term: continuously in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously (121) E3 (123) P2 Delimitation: Corridor for two parallel power lines V403 Prose- Delimitation nice–Nošovice and V 404 Nošovice – Czech-Slo- Corridor for the interconnection very high pressure vakian border (Varín). gas line DN 800 PN of the system Transgas in the region South Moravia near Břeclav to the CR bor- Delimitation reasons: der (Austria). The transmission capacity enhancement of the pro- file North-South in the Moravian Delimitation reasons: territory and connection of the energy supply sys- Interconnection gas lines of the Transgas and tem of the CR to the European system (UCTE). WAG Systems in the region of South Moravia and building-up of the new interconnection gas line Criteria for decision-making on the changes in between the compressor station Břeclav and the the area: underground gas storage Dolní Dunajovice. Provision of the international profile transmission capacity in compliance with the EU- legislation. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- Ful filment of international requirements on the di- ministrative authorities: versification of gas line routes to Austria and Ger- To ensure the investment project coordination with many. foreign partners. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Objectives for ministries and other central ad- in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office ministrative authorities: Term: continuously To ensure the selection from two planned variants incl. the subsequent investment project coordinati- 6.2.1.2 Gas industry on also with foreign partners. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce (122) P1 in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously Delimitation Corridor for the interconnection of the very high (124) P3 pressure gas line DN 800 PN of the system Trans- gas in the region of Vodňany and Záboří in South Delimitation: Bohemia to the CR border – (Austria). Corridor for the interconnection very high pressure gas line DN 700 beginning from the delivery stati- Delimitation reasons: on Děhylov or DN 500 out of the underground gas Interconnection gas line of the Transgas and OMV storage Třanovice in the Moravian-Silesian region Systems in the region of South to the CR border (Poland). Bohemia incl. further linking up with gas line rou- tes in Germany. Delimitation reasons: Interconnecting gas line between the systems Transgas and PGNiG in the Moravian-Silesian

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 57 region – interconnection between the gas delivery Criteria for decision-making on the changes in systems in the CR and Poland. the area: Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Ensuring the secure transport of oil, with regard to the area: the environment incl. all technical and operation Strengthening the security of the inland and Euro- parameters. pean earth gas markets in relation to the EU-requi- rements on the gas delivery security. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- To ensure the given investment projects coordination. ministrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce To ensure the investment project coordination with in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office foreign partners. Term: continuously Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office 6.2.2 TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS Term: continuously AND AREAS OF STATE-WIDE IMPORTANCE

(125) P4 6.2.2.1 Energy industry

Delimitation: (127) E4 Area for the underground gas storage in the region near the city of Přerov between the communities Delimitation: Bochoř and Troubky. Area for the expansion including the outgoing fee- ders from the power plants Temelín, Ledvice, Po- Delimitation reasons: čerady, Prunéřov, Tušimice, Dětmarovice (without Ensuring the fluency and evenness of the earth gas removal of the existing power supply unit) and delivery and strengthening the security of the in- Dukovany (without increase of output). Area for land and European earth gas markets. another power supply unit Blahutovice including the outgoing feeder corridor and the necessary wa- Criteria for decision-making on the changes in ter reservoir. the area: Convenient engineering solution and its realisation Delimitation reasons with regard to the flood protection. Substitution of power plants with ending operatio- nal life through new sources according to the Na- Objectives for ministries and other central ad- tional energetic concept of the CR (Decree of the ministrative authorities: Government of the CR No. 211/2004) To ensure the investment project coordination with foreign partners. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce the area: in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Ensuring the production of electric energy and Term: continuously heat, taking into account the environment conser- vation. 6.2.1.3 Long distance pipelines Objectives for ministries and other central ad- (126) DV1 ministrative authorities: To ensure the given investment projects coordination. Delimitation: Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Corridor for the doubling of the oil pipeline Druž- in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office ba along the Morava river in the section between Term: continuously Rohatec and Holič–Klobouky, Klobouky–Rajhrad, Radostín – central oil tank station Nelahozeves. (128) E5

Delimitation reasons: Delimitation: Increasing the oil quotas delivered from Russia to Area for the electrical station 400/100 kV Praha- the CR and subsequently to Germany to the trea- -North incl. the outgoing feeder 400/100 with the tors of this internationally important and strategic loop back connection to V410. raw material.

58 Delimitation reasons: Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Enhancement of the power supply reliability and the area: capacity within the transmission system the impor- To enable the utilisation and transmission on the tance of which exceeds the territory of one region. newly prepared capacity into the adjoining energy supply system. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- Delimitation and ensuring an area sufficient even ministrative authorities: for the target capacity expected to be installed wi- To ensure the investment project coordination. thin next circa 30 years. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Objectives for ministries and other central ad- Term: continuously ministrative authorities: To ensure the investment project coordination. (131) E8 Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Delimitation: Term: continuously Corridor for the outgoing of energy output from the electrical station Rohatec via the power line 400 kV Otrokovice–Rohatec with loop back con- nection to V424. (129) E6 Delimitation reasons: Delimitation: Enhancement of current supply reliability within Corridor for the power line V458 Krasíkov–Horní the consumer area covering the territory of seve- Životice. ral regions. Ensuring the power supply at growing consumption for the region of South Moravia. Delimitation reasons: Enhancement of the power supply reliability and Criteria for decision-making on the changes in transmission capacity across the profile the area: North-South in the territory of Moravia. Strengthening the electricity transmission system.

Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Objectives for ministries and other central ad- the area: ministrative authorities: Strengthening of the electricity transmission system. To ensure the investment project coordination. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Objectives for ministries and other central ad- in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office ministrative authorities: Term: continuously To ensure the investment project coordination. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce (132) E9 in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously Delimitation: Area for the electrical station 400/100 kV Chotějovice.

(130) E7 Delimitation reasons: Enhancement of the power supply reliability and Delimitation: capacity within the transmission system of the CR. Corridor for the double power line 400 kV Ko- čín–Mírovka and for the connection of the power Criteria for decision-making on the changes in line 400 kV from Řeporyje–Prosenice (V413) to the area: Mírovka. Delimitation and ensuring a sufficient area for the target engineering solution of the voltage transfor- Delimitation reasons: mation. Ensuring the output increments to be fed into the electricity transmission system of the CR. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: To ensure the investment project coordination.

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 59 Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously Term: continuously

(133) E10 (135) P6

Delimitation: Delimitation: Corridor for the power line 400 kV Výškov–Cho- Corridor for the twinning of the very high pressu- tějovice–Babylon. re gas line DN 700 PN 63 Hrušky–Příbor incl. the building-up of the new compressor station Libhošť Delimitation reasons: and the underground gas storage in the locality Pří- Connection of new electrical station Chotějovice and bor–Klokočov. building-up the outgoing feeders from new planned sources (power plants) into the transmission system Delimitation reasons: of the CR with the goal of enhancement of the sys- Strengthening and backing up the existing gas con- tem reliability in the region of North Bohemia. veyance route the importance of which surpasses the territory of one region. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Ensuring the functional cohesion with the realisati- the area: on of transformer station 400/110 kV Chotějovice. Provision of secure conveyance via the given very high pressure gas line system up to its capacity. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- To ensure the investment project coordination. ministrative authorities: Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce To ensure the investment project coordination. in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Term: continuously in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously

6.2.2.2 Gas industry (136) P7

(134) P5 Delineation: Delimitation: Corridor for the very high pressure gas line DN 700 PN Corridor for the very high pressure gas line DN 63 to the compressor station Kralice–Bezměrov, with 500 PN 63 from the underground gas storage Háje the route situated north of Brno, incl. the building-up (Příbram)–Drahelčice. of the new compressor station Bezměrov.

Delimitation reasons: Delimitation reasons: To strengthen the inland gas distribution system Strengthening and backing up of the existing gas with the goal to ensure the possibility of conveying conveyance route the importance of which surpas- the increased output from the underground gas sto- ses the territory of one region. rage Háje to the gas consumption sites within the territory of CR. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Provision of secure conveyance via the given very the area: high pressure gas line system up to its capacity. To ensure the conveying of the increased output from the underground gas storage Háje to the gas Objectives for ministries and other central ad- consumption sites within the territory of CR. ministrative authorities: To ensure the investment project coordination. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce ministrative authorities: in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office To ensure the investment project coordination. Term: continuously

60 6.2.2.3 Long distance oil pipelines communication networks). Ensuring the networks for BROADBAND (high-speed Internet access) as (137) DV2 well as complementary construction of transmitting radio nets for the terrestrial digital TV and radio Delimitation: transmission incl. the construction of nets UMTS The pipeline extension in the new route Loukov– (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System). Sedlnice. Delimitation reasons: Delimitation reasons: Increasing the transmission capacity of broadband Provision of the strategic raw material conveyance electronic communication systems in the CR. in the CR. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Criteria for decision-making on the changes in the area: the area: Decision-making according to the Act No 127/2005 Provision of secure oil conveyance also with re- Coll., as amended, on electronic communications, gard to the environment incl. all technical and ope- concerning the facilities sharing and distribution ration parameters and protection zones. so that the signal transmission conditions would be satisfied. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: Objectives for ministries and other central ad- To ensure the investment project coordination of ministrative authorities: the given investment projects. To ensure the investment project coordination. Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce Responsible: Ministry of Informatics. in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office Term: continuously Term: continuously 6.2.2.5 Water resources management (138) DV3 (140) Locations suitable for the surface water Delimitation: accumulation Area for building-up the booster pump station on the oil pipeline IKL near the municipality Benešovice. Delimitation: Areas being suitable, from the morphological and Delimitation reasons: hydrological point of view, for the surface water Increasing the oil quotas delivered from Russia to accumulation with regard to future utilisation of the CR and subsequently to Germany to the fabri- the restricted water wealth of the CR. cators of this internationally important and strate- gic raw material. Delimitation reasons: Increasing the capacity of water resources of the Criteria for decision-making on the changes in CR, which are dependent on atmospheric precipi- the area: tation, considering the cases of water outflow com- Provision of secure oil conveyance also with re- pensation due to the expected climate change in gard to the environment incl. all technical and ope- the long-term horizon. ration parameters and protection zones. Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Objectives for ministries and other central ad- the area: ministrative authorities: Ensuring the spatial protection of locations suitable To ensure the investment project coordination. for the surface water accumulation against other Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce activities which might aggravate or disallow the in cooperation with the Energy Regulation Office building-up of water works (water reservoirs), in Term: continuously compliance with valid plans according to the Act No. 254/2001 Coll., as amended, on waters and on 6.2.2.4 Electronic communications change of several acts (Water Act).

(139) Delimitation: Corridors and areas for investment projects in the field of communication infrastructure (electronic

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 61 Objectives for ministries and other central ad- Plan of development of water supply and sewerage ministrative authorities: works in the Czech Republic. To determine the conditions of these areas utilisa- Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture in cooperati- tion. To ensure the updating of existing land use on with Ministry for Regional Development. limits (areas preserved for the artificial accumula- Term: April 2007 tion of surface water) in the Spatial Development Policy in compliance with the Plan of the main ri- 6.2.2.6 Waste management ver-basins of the CR. Responsible: Ministry of Agriculture in cooperati- (142) Sk1 on with the Ministry for Regional Development. Term: April 2007 Delimitation: Locations having the rock massif features and geo- (141) Public water supply and sewerage systems logic conditions suitable for their utilisation as un- derground disposal site of highly radioactive waste Delimitation and spent nuclear fuel. Areas and corridors suitable for functionally inde- pendent ensembles of buildings and facilities wi- Delimitation reasons: thin the public water supply and sewerage works, To preserve the possibility of establishing an un- the location of which will ensue from the Plan of derground disposal site in our country. development of water supply and sewerage works in the Czech Republic. Objectives for spatial planning bodies: To ensure the protection of convenient locations Delimitation reasons: against the changes in their utilisation, which Ensuring public interest in drinking water supply would disable the underground disposal site esta- incl. the delimitation of surface and underground blishment in the future. water as well as the waste-water discharge and pu- rification. Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: Criteria for decision-making on the changes in Coordination of the geologic survey initiation in the area: six locations with features suitable for the selection Decision-making in compliance with the subse- of two locations most suitable for the underground quently approved Plan of development of water disposal site realisation before the year 2015. supply and sewerage works in the Czech Republic, Responsible: Ministry of Industry and Commerce is motivated, above all, by the inhabitants ́ status in cooperation with the Administration of radioac- and quality of life, incl. their health, the economic tive waste disposal sites. and spatial development of municipalities and in- Term: year 2009 at the latest dustry as well as dealing with potential crisis situ- ations and environmental care.

Objectives for ministries and other central ad- ministrative authorities: To ensure the investment project coordination and the up-dating of land use limits ensuing from the

62 electrical power-unit – investment projectelectrical – investment power-unit projectelectric area – investment station line 400 kV high voltage the extra corridor for project – investment state plant – existing nuclear power hydro-electric state plant – existing power state plant – existing power heat state electric – existing station VVN 400 – existing line high voltage extra state VVN 220 – existing line high voltage extra state state – existing main European highway area – existing / water main water-course state ENERGY INDUSTRY ENERGY Notice: The marking of technical infrastructure corridors and areas in the drawing Technical 6 corresponds with their naming in chapter infrastructure corridors and areas. MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV AND CADASTRAL BOUNDARIES AND CADASTRAL MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV CHART 7: ENERGY INDUSTRY ENERGY CHART 7:

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 63 GAS INDUSTRY corridor for the verycorridor for high pressure gas line project – investment area – investment underground gas storage project state gas trunk line – existing state very high pressure gas line – existing main European highway state – existing area – existing / water main water-course state Notice: The marking of technical infrastructure corridors corresponds with their and areas in the drawing infrastructure corridors Technical 6 naming in chapter and areas. MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV AND CADASTRAL BOUNDARIES AND CADASTRAL MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV CHART 8: GAS INDUSTRY

64 area for the booster pump station of the oil pump station the booster area for project pipeline – investment project oil pipeline corridor – investment project pipeline corridor – investment oil pipeline product pipeline state – existing main European highway area – existing / water main water-course state LONG DISTANCE PIPELINE SYSTEM Notice: The marking of technical infrastructure corridors corresponds with their and areas in the drawing infrastructure Technical 6 – naming in chapter corridors and areas. MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV AND CADASTRAL BOUNDARIES AND CADASTRAL MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV CHART 9: LONG DISTANCE OIL PIPELINES DISTANCE CHART 9: LONG

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 65 66 7 EXPLANATION OF CONCEPTS

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 67 7 EXPLANATION OF THE TERM “INFRASTRUCTURE”

(143) Under the term public infrastructure, there sewerage networks, waste-water clarifying are understood structures and facilities of: plants, solid waste treatment structures and facilities, electric stations, power supply lines, 1. transport infrastructure, e.g. roads, railways, lines of public communication networks and waterways, airports and related facilities; electronic communication equipment of public 2. technical infrastructure, among which belong: communication networks, pipelines. conductive systems and structures with the operationally related technical equipment as the water supply networks, water reservoirs,

68 8 RELATION AMONG DEVELOPMENT AREAS, DEVELOPMENT AXES AND SPECIFIC AREAS

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 69 development area development axis development specific area main European highway state – existing area – existing / water main water-course state RELATION AMONG RELATION DEVELOPMENT AXES AND SPECIFIC AREAS DEVELOPMENT AREAS, Notice: the as circles, areas are marked The development The specific areas are as lines. axes development the districts the according to by marked administered municipalities municipalities (by State-empowered of State with enlarged competences empowered administration). development areas, of development The marking their naming in and specific areas corresponds to axes 3 and 4. chapters MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV AND CADASTRAL BOUNDARIES AND CADASTRAL MAPPING BASES: ARC CR 500, FILES OF ADMINISTRATIV RELATION AMONG DEVELOPMENT AREAS, DEVELOPMENT AXES AND SPECIFIC AREAS AXES AND SPECIFIC AREAS, DEVELOPMENT AMONG DEVELOPMENT RELATION

70 EDITORIAL REMARK:

The material Bases and Starting Points, mentioned in the article (12) of the Spatial Development Policy of the CR includes an abstract from the file of information which were collected and assessed during the elaboration of the Spatial Development Policy of the CR.

CONTENTS OF THE MATERIAL BASES AND STARTING POINTS:

1. INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT AND LINKS ...... 4

2. DRAWING PRESENTING PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS – COMMENTARY ...... 13 2.1 Spatial problems ...... 13 2.1.1 Spatial problems in the field of transport ...... 3 2.1.2 Spatial problems in the field of power engineering ...... 14 2.1.3 Spatial problems in the field of risks in an area ...... 14 2.1.4 Spatial problems in the field of raw materials extraction ...... 14 2.1.5 Spatial problems in the field of social care and economy ...... 15 2.2. Spatial conflicts ...... 16 2.2.1 Spatial conflicts between the transport investment projects and the land use limits in the field of landscape and nature protection ...... 16 2.2.2 Spatial conflicts between the transport investment projects and the flood areas affected in 1997 and 2002 ...... 19 2.3 Drawing of limits and land use restrictions – commentary ...... 20

3 DRAWING PRESENTING PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS ...... 25 4 LIST OF BASE MATERIALS AS TO THE November 30, 2005 ...... 27

LIST OF CHARTS

Chart 1: Typology “MEGA” and regional situation Chart 2: European context Chart 3: Road and railways TEN-T networks Chart 4: Power supply system – European context Chart 5: Transit and very high pressure gas lines – European context Chart 6: Oil pipelines – European context Chart 7: Drawing of limits and land use restrictions Chart 8: Drawing of investment programmes Chart 9: Drawing of social and economic issues

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