Jihlava wants to build bike paths and parking lots this year using subsidies

Jihlava - The regional city of Jihlava will initiate more construction projects this year aimed at improving transportation in the city. These include a three-kilometer new cycle path to the industrial zone, a park-and-ride lot on Žižkova Street, and a smaller transportation terminal at Na Dolech. In total, these projects amount to more than 140 million crowns. The city hall expects that a significant portion of the costs will be covered by subsidies from the European IROP program. The data published on the city website was confirmed by the city hall spokesperson Radek Tulis.

The new cycle path to the industrial zone, with anticipated costs of 73 million crowns, will originate in the Bedřichov part of the city, starting at 5. května Street. Cyclists will ride along it next to the highway feeder road to the bridge on Pávovská Street.

The park-and-ride lot will be located near the central cemetery on Žižková Street, offering 110 parking spaces. It will be the first parking area in Jihlava designed as P+R (park and ride). The city expects that drivers will leave their cars at the new parking lot and use public transport to get to the center. The costs for this construction will be 27 million crowns.

On Na Dolech Street, the city will build a smaller transportation terminal with a waiting area and facilities for public transport drivers, where passengers will be able to transfer between trains, city transport, and line buses. Along with modifications to the surrounding areas, this project costs nine million crowns.

This year, the city will also spend more than 30 million crowns on modifying pedestrian crossings and other sites near busy roads, on constructing missing sidewalks along the heavily trafficked road in the Hruškové Dvory industrial zone, and on other sections of cycle paths.