Press: Police probing allegedly overpriced Brno tunnel

The anti-corruption unit of the Czech police has launched a probe into the cost of a Brno road tunnel over suspicions its construction was overpriced, the daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Tuesday. The 1.2 km-long Královopolský tunnel, which opened in 2012 as part of the city’s ring road, cost 12 billion crowns to build although originally, the costs were estimated at 3.5 billion. An earlier audit by the country’s Road and Motorway Directorate found abuse of public funds during the construction.

Author: Jan Richter