South Bohemian governor conditions Temelín support on roads completion

The governor of South Bohemia, Jiří Zimola, has sent a message to the government that the region would reconsider its support for the completion of the Temelín nuclear power plant if local road works in the area were not finished. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the governor said that the region’s patience had expired and that the state must lend its clear support to important local highway projects. The words came in response to the fact that the D3 motorway and the IV railway were removed from the 32-billion-euro project for the development of trans-European transport networks for 2014 – 2020, which is supported by the European Commission. The Ministry of Transport told the daily Právo that the money for the roads would be there, but from a different fund.