Preparation of the metropolitan plan has already cost Prague 50 million

According to her, the relevant office of the magistrate had previously warned that if a complete proposal was not submitted by the end of 2015, timely completion would be at risk. "A complete documentation has not yet been submitted to the procurer," the councilor told the representatives. "I am compelled to state that significant shortcomings have still not been addressed," she added regarding the IPR. The situation is, according to her, "serious."

She noted that the Ministry of Regional Development has repeatedly expressed concerns about the delays in the preparation of the plan. The former deputy mayor Matěj Stropnický (Trojkoalice/SZ), who was responsible for urban planning until recently, stated that Minister of Regional Development Karla Šlechtová (for ANO) in a letter addressed to Mayor Adriana Krnáčová (ANO) two weeks ago "strongly warns of the shortcomings of the metropolitan plan and the possibility that it will be canceled if it does not comply with current legislation." "The state of preparation of the plan is absolutely catastrophic. The councilors should sound the alarm. There is a risk of disgrace that will fall on each of us," he told the representatives.

At the beginning of the year, the mayor already criticized the IPR for inaction in connection with the metropolitan plan. She accused unnamed employees of the city-run institute of "politicking." The IPR at that time rejected the criticisms and delays.

According to the master plan, all construction in the city is regulated. It determines the places where building is allowed and where public areas or greenery are to remain. According to the authors, the metropolitan plan should bring, among other things, height regulations for buildings. High-rise buildings will no longer be able to emerge as random solitary structures. The construction of high-rise buildings will only be possible in predetermined areas. The plan will also divide the metropolis into nearly 800 localities. Each locality will then carry rules for subsequent construction or protection of greenery. According to the IPR, cases should not arise where several-story apartment buildings sprout in a residential neighborhood.