German officials have promised to support a project of a high-speed rail to connect Prague, Dresden and Berlin, which is of key importance in order to receive money from European funds, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said.
Stanislaw Tillich, the minister-president of Saxony, announced that it will take at least 10 years to prepare the project and a feasibility study is now being prepared. the announcement was made after a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Reiner Haseloff, the minister-president of Saxony-Anhalt. The german ministers promised to back the project so that it is included in the German government’s transport plan, Sobotka added.
“In order to get finances (for the project) from European funds, it is necessary that the German government makes it a part of its strategic document,” Sobotka said.
Germany’s transport plan is to be completed at the end of this year and it will also depend on federal states which projects will become part of this plan.
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