The representatives of Kroměříž supported the construction of houses behind the Zachar housing estate

Kroměříž - The representatives of Kroměříž today approved the sale of land behind the Zachar housing estate as well as a planning agreement with the company Hanácká pole. The company plans to construct family and apartment houses in the area in the future. The investor's contract is binding for the construction of roads, sidewalks, stormwater drainage, a retention tank, public lighting, and landscaping modifications. Everything should subsequently be transferred to the city's ownership based on the contract.

The city will sell the last piece of land to the company that was missing for the consolidation of its property in the area. For 6,838 square meters, Hanácká pole will pay the city 6.838 million crowns. "The estimated price was lower," said Deputy Mayor Karel Holík (ČSSD). The approved investor's contract also obligates them to pay half of the costs for the adjustment of the access road to the Hanácká pole area, including traffic solutions connecting to Albertova street.

The land on which the investor wants to build is currently arable land. However, in the zoning plan, it is designated as areas intended for the construction of family and residential houses. In the first phase, the investor plans to build about 60 family houses and one apartment building in the area. "There is a shortage of apartments in Kroměříž, and the demand for them is high," said Mayor Jaroslav Němec (Independents).

Opposition representative Richard Kreml (Healthy Kroměříž) has long criticized the Hanácká pole project. He is concerned whether the planned retention tank and stormwater drainage will have sufficient capacity. He also dislikes the mentioned traffic connection to the area next to the store on Albertova street. "The intersection at Penny Market is insufficient in capacity," Kreml said today. According to the investor's representative, David Zapletal, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) indicates that the planned traffic connection to the area is adequate.

The cost of infrastructure, including gas pipelines, water supply, retention tanks, and drainage, which the investor will have to build in the first phase, is estimated to exceed 40 million crowns. Based on this estimate, the city should acquire roads and sidewalks worth more than nine million crowns, stormwater drainage for 7.3 million crowns, and a retention tank for 3.5 million crowns. The city-owned Kroměříž Technical Services should acquire public lighting for 800,000 crowns.

The zoning study approved in 2016 indicates that a private investor could build over 200 family houses and additional apartment buildings with more than 70 apartments on nearly 22 hectares of land west of the Zachar housing estate in two phases. The study also includes civic amenities in the form of shops, healthcare, cultural, and sports facilities.