1. The Waterways Directorate of the Czech Republic
Connecting by Inland Navigation Conference Wrocław 2018
„Lubomír Fojtů
Director of the Waterwazs Directorate CZ

2. Inland waterway transport benefits
reduction of the environmental impact of the road transport
cargo ports in industrial and agricultural areas
cheap transport mode for general and bulk cargo
- overdimensional and heavy cargo
- automobiles, agricultural products
- feed and fertilizers, chemical products
- iron scrap, coke, coal, LNG etc.
price regulator of transport costs
free competition in transport
tool for better competitiveness of the industry
just-in-time transport (subject to good navigation conditions)
state security for raw material

3. The comparison of the environmental impacts
The water transport is economical and environmental friendly
1/6 of the road transport price
The comparison of the environmental impacts
1/7 of the road transport in terms of the external costs
3 times more fuel efficient than the road transport

4. Waterway network of the Czech Republic
Labe - Vltava waterway
core network TEN-T – class IV, Va
338 km
Upper Vltava
146 km – class I
Baťa canal
72 km – class 0

5. History of the weir and lock
Decin

6. Weirs and locks on the Lebe-Vltava waterway
Weirs and locks on the Lebe-Vltava waterway
2005
process EIA started
2010
EIA documentation finished and sent to the Czech Ministry of Environment

7.
the EIA documentation several times sent back to the Czech Wateways directorate for revisions and changes
extensive mitigation measures worked into the documentation
2016
new Natura 2000 area created directly in the place of the weir and lock and around the backwater section
new Concept of the Czech Waterways for the period
The weir and lock Decin is a parto of the Concept

8. 2017
SEA to the Concept (worked out on order of the Czech ministry of Environment)
stated a negative environmental impact of the Weir and lock Decin
so that the government can approve the Concept including the project of the Weir and lock Decin, it is necessary that:
the government approves an overwhelming public interest in building the weir and lock over environmental protection,
mitigation and compensation measures have to be set

9. resumption of the works on the EIA documentation
2018
government confirmed the overriding public interest in building the weir and lock Decin
and assigned to the Minister of environment to set the extend of mitigation measures untill the end of June 2017
7/2018
resumption of the works on the EIA documentation
realisation of the weir and lock Decin

10. History of the DOL connection

11. 1375 1653 1873 1 try to connect Danube+Elbe - Charles IV
Main purpose - transit of cargo from Venezia to Brugg
1653
decision of the Moravian land assembly to make the Morava river navigable
and to connect it with the Oder river
this decission was supported by the Roman-German emperor and the King of Bohemia, Ferdinand III. De facto this is the first official step to the D-O-L connection
1873
1st project of the D-O connection
by prof. Oelwein and ing. Pontzen.
It was designed for vessels up to 250 tons.
The route turned from Danube to the north by Grossenzendorf (eastern of Vienna) and led alongside the right bank of the Morava and Becva rivers further to the Odra valley towards Bohumin. The project was approved by both chambers of the Austrian parliament in Vienna

12. 1893
Department of research and building of channels created at the Ministry of Commerce in Vienna - worked out a project of the connection of Danube-Oder-Elbe-Vistula-Dnestr connection
1901
new Waterways law issued in Vienna - stipulated, that the realisation of the D-O-L connection should start in 1904 and should last 20 years
1918
the break-up of the Austrian Empire,
founding of Czechoslovakia

13. 1919 1922 1931 Czechoslovak Waterways law Versailles Treaty -
Foundation of the Elbe Commission with headquarters in Dresden
1931
new Waterways law,
beginning of construction works - weir and lock in Koblow on the Oder river - memorial plaque with inscription: the first lock chamber on the Danube-Oder Chanel

14. 1938
German-Czechoslovak protocol setting the construction of D-O-.L connection
1943
all construction works on the D-O-L connection stopped
1949
D-O-L connection declared by the communists as useless
the Waterways directorate in Prague closed

15. 1966 1971 1998 the idea of D-O-L connection reborn,
new D-O-L general solution study
1971
government decission about territorial protection of the D-O-L corridor
1998
establishing new Waterways directorate of the Czech Republic,
creation of the Polish-Czech international working group OKO

16. consolidation of all the previous studies - new feasibility study
more than 50 studies about various aspects of the D-O-L connection worked out
2016
consolidation of all the previous studies -
new feasibility study
2018
feasibility study finished
2019… ?

17. Thank you for your attention
The Waterways Directorate
of the Czech Republic
nábř. L. Svobody 1222/12, Praha 1