Czech rail infrastructure manager, SZDC, announced that in 2016 the reconstruction and repair works on crossings took place almost throughout the whole country in recent years. In 2013-2016, the company modernised a total of 276 level crossings for CZK 2.3 billion (EUR 85 million). SZDC intends to continue in this trend this year as well as it plans to spend a total of CZK 1.4 billion (EUR 51.8 million) to increase safety at level crossings.
The projects involve the modifications on individual railway level crossings with the roads, and also on entire sets of crossings. Hundreds of them thus acquired modern security equipment. SŽDC preferentially selects crossings for modernization that were previously only equipped with St. Andrew’s crosses. The second group of level crossings that have been under upgrade consists of those which are fitted with the oldest types of security equipment.
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