Current Affairs New stretches of motorway will have Prague battling enormous traffic
In the Czech Republic, the first motorway was opened as late as in 1971. It was completed many years after construction, slowed down by the Second World War and the Communists, began. By the time the Communist regime fell, the only motorway that was fully completed was that connecting Prague to Brno, which somewhat unusually runs through the heart of the Czech capital. Increasing road construction is gradually overwhelming Prague with traffic. But experts say the worst has yet to come. With the country now an EU member, there is great pressure to have a complete network of motorways that connects the country's regions and Prague to neighbouring states. Dita Asiedu reports:
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