RC Bratislava Danube - setkání (23. 3. 2015, 18:30 - 20:00)

Přednáška

Presentation of Mr. Peter Ivan (METRO Bratislava a.s.): Mr. Peter Ivan is the CEO of METRO Bratislava a.s., and presented the project of the new bridge in Bratislava that will replace “Stary most”. Mr. Ivan started by describing the history of Petrzalka in the 70’s, and the pre-built infrastructure to support a future transport system, so called “green lane”. He went on describing all the ideas that the government had, including a metro system, a VAL system, and the tram system. Most of the projects were incomplete or never started due to financial issues and/or government changes. It was also presented the ideas of the reconstruction of “Stary most” and then the reason in deciding to have it demolished and have a new one built. The new bridge should look similar to the old version, but with modern style and colors. It will only be accessible for trams, cyclists, and pedestrians. The tram plan into Petrzalka was also shared, there are originally 2 parts, but only the first part is realistically feasible. The trams should go into the middle of Petrzalka, and will consist of two-way trams. The project has an estimate deadline of 15.12.2015. The deadline has to be met, as EU funds will cover until that date. What is not done until then will have to be paid by the city. The costs of the project are financially covered by the EU (85%), the Slovak Government (10%), and by the city of Bratislava (5%). The presentation was ended with a slideshow of pictures of the demolishment of the bridge and the construction of the new one.