A regional conference says that the brand new Dresden-Prague line

Usti nad Labem – The plans for the high-speed line between Prague and Dresden have overcome one other impediment: the regional meeting in Usti nad Labem (Aussig on the Elbe) authorised the railway route proposal by means of northern Bohemia. A majority of 30 of the 51 delegates voted for this, as Czech information company CTK reported.

The brand new line will cross beneath the low Bohemian mountain vary in a 17.5 kilometer lengthy tunnel between Litomerice and Usti. After a cease on the new cease “Usti nad Labem-Centrum” within the northern Bohemian industrial metropolis, we proceed into the 30-kilometer lengthy cross-border base tunnel beneath the Ore Mountains. From Prague you need to be in Dresden in an hour.

Regional President Jan Schiller hopes for a rise for the Aussiger area. “About 800,000 persons are ready for an infrastructure that may assist us develop by way of enterprise, tourism and passenger visitors,” stated the ANO occasion politician. The brand new route will cut back the journey time between Usti nad Labem and Prague from the present hour and 14 minutes to simply half an hour.

Some cities and communities have been on the trail to a turbulent future. They worry loud noise, particularly from freight trains, and need better distances from populated areas. The mayor of the city of Chlumec, with 5,000 inhabitants, Veronika Srnkova, needs to take the choice to courtroom. In whole, the regional administration acquired about 600 functions from involved residents. On the Czech aspect, it’s deliberate to start out constructing the primary part of the route in 2027.