Prague will have a development material prepared for the areas around the metro stations

Prague - Prague will have a material developed for the development of public spaces around metro stations. This was decided today by Prague councilors. The document will be prepared by the Institute of Planning and Development (IPR), and its purpose will be to describe the state of the surroundings of the stations and select ten of them for which a proposal for their surrounding area will be prioritized. It will also include an assessment of the currently non-existent metro line D stations. The document is expected to be completed by the end of this May.

"The council expects the document to enable a qualified determination of which metro stations and in what ways to prioritize investments of the city's capacities and resources, to utilize their city-forming potential as much as possible, and for this investment to preferably result from the intersection of both the developmental interest of the capital city of Prague and the individual city districts, as well as the technical needs of the transport company," the material approved by the councilors states.

Among the prioritized stations on line A are Skalka, Dejvická, and Bořislavka, on line B Luka, Lužiny, Hůrka, Karlovo náměstí, Českomoravská, and Černý Most, and on line C Háje and Ládví. "These are not the stations where currently the largest extent and severity of shortcomings in the quality of public space exist, but significant stations with great city-forming and developmental potential... At the same time, the solutions can be implemented in the coming years," states the material from IPR.

The Institute also recommends that the city address additional stations, naming for instance Můstek, Smíchovské nádraží, Florenc, or Opatov.

The Institute has already prepared an overview and description of all 61 metro stations, including the eight stations that will be on the planned line D. For each station, it has detailed their characteristics, including the surrounding area within walking distance. "All this information should contribute to the subsequent development of proposals for addressing the stations in terms of improving public space," the material states.

The councilors also decided today to exclude two out of six bidders from the tender for the repair of the area around the metro station C Budějovická. The partially open vestibule, which is below the level of the surrounding streets, is in a dilapidated state and must be supported by scaffolding in several places. The city issued the tender for the repair last year, with the estimated cost of repairs in the range of several tens of millions of crowns.