PRAGUE RING ROAD SECTION D0 511 BECHOVICE-D1

Promoter – Financial Intermediary

REDITELSTVI SILNIC A DALNIC SP

Location

• Czechia

Description

The project will finance the greenfield construction of an eastern section of the Prague ring-road. The R0 motorway section is designed in 2x3 lanes profile and has a length of 12.64 km. The road is part of Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) core network.

Objectives

The new transport link will improve transport and living conditions in the Prague region by diverting a significant volume of transit traffic from Prague urban centre. The project will contribute to the development of the TEN-T Baltic-Adriatic and Orient/East-Med Corridor, by removing the bottleneck on the core network roads. Ultimately, the aim is to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, by providing with a resilient shorter road connection.

Sector(s)

• Transport - Transportation and storage

Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)

CZK 6500 million (EUR 257 million)

Total cost (Approximate amount)

CZK 13000 million (EUR 514 million)

Environmental aspects

The project involves the construction of a new road outside urban environment. It does not intersect with protected areas. It falls under Annex I of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2014/52/EU and was therefore subject to a full EIA procedure. The EIA report was prepared according to the requirements of the national and regional legislation and was part of the public consultation. The competent environmental authority issued its favourable environmental decision on 27 November 2017.

Procurement

The promoter has to ensure that contracts for the implementation of the project have been/shall be tendered in accordance with the relevant applicable EU procurement legislation (Dir. 2004/18/EC and Dir. 2007/66/EC), with publication of tender notices in the Official Journal of the EU, as and where appropriate.

Status

Under appraisal - 21/06/2024