Inland Waterways Infrastructure in the Czech republic. Lubomír Fojtů Waterways Directorate of the Czech Republic

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1 Inland Waterways Infrastructure in the Czech republic Lubomír Fojtů Waterways Directorate of the Czech Republic 1

2 Inland waterways network Elbe state border - Mělník 111 km CEMT class Va Important traffic waterways (by Act 114/1995 Col.) Vltava Mělník - Slapy 92 km CEMT class IV Elbe Mělník - Přelouč 112 km CEMT class IV, 135 km since 2020 Upper Vltava 142 km now, 146 km since 2017 class I (pleasure navig.) Elbe - Vltava waterway core network TEN-T class IV, Va 338 km Baťa canal 53 km now 72 km since 2020 class 0 (pleasure navig.) Other waterways: Single purpose waterways (by Act 114/1995 Col.)

3 Major inland waterways network Elbe state border - Mělník 111 km CEMT class Va Vltava Mělník - Slapy 92 km CEMT class IV Elbe Mělník - Přelouč 112 km CEMT class IV, 135 km since 2020 Upper Vltava 142 km now, 146 km since 2017 class I (pleasure navig.) Elbe - Vltava waterway core network TEN-T class IV, Va 338 km Baťa canal 53 km now 72 km since 2020 class 0 (pleasure navig.)

4 East East Mediteranean corridor of the core TEN-T network Defined by Directive of European Parliament and Council (EU) No 1316/2013 from 11/12/2013 Elbe and Vltava included Work plan 12/ Bottlenecks and common interest objectives defined

5 East East Mediteranean corridor of the core TEN-T network Strategic corridor bottlenecks: - Unstabile draughts on Elbe, as crossborder issue CZ/BRD Other bottlenecks: - Connection to Pardubice and Hradec Králové aglomeration and improvement of waterway to Prague - Low navigation draughts and clearances under bridges on Vltava to Prague - Unsatisfactory performance of lock chambers - Unfinished implementation of RIS and cross border data exchange with BRD

6 Strategic framework Transport policy for the period Approved by government by Decree No 449 from 12/6/2013 The objective is improvement of conditions for competitiveness by modernisation of transport infrastructure including waterways Transport Sector Strategy 2. phase Development of waterways in the Czech Republic Strategy approved by government by Decree No 850 from 13/11/2013 Successfully aproved by SEA procedure Development of waterways infrastructure is a necessary component of transport network

7 Navigation: Fully liberalised market with private fleet owners and operators No general limitation for provision of transport services in EU area Broad harmonisation (some differences remains between Rhine area and other waterways) Private ownership of the fleet, private funding Public supporting programmes for specific targets: - Modernisation (e.g. by Operational Programme Transport ), up to 50 % of costs - Innovation Funding structure in CZ The same structure in the whole EU 7

8 Basic infrastructure (locks, fairway, canals etc.): Owned by state Funding structure in CZ Navigation is open and free of charge Operation and maintenance in the responsibility of Ministry of agriculture, done by state enterprices Povodí (river basin operators) Financed by charges for water consumption For transport infrastructure from 2016 new funding scheme from State Fund for Transport Infrastructure On important traffic waterways there is a requirement for ensuring of waterway parameters Development of infrastructure on important traffic waterways within competence of the Ministry of Transport, realised by the state organisation Directorate of Waterways 8

9 Ports: Funding structure in CZ The most number of ports land area owned by private Quai walls, basins, dolphins owned by state Some major ports in public regime, with undiscriminated access for all vessels Utilisation of ports is in general charged Private infrastructure financed by private owners, with some grant programmes Major limite is a long payback period and unstabile waterway functionality (unstabile port utilisation) State owned ports (especially for pleasure navigation) financed by state budget Difficult task state owned infrastructure in private ports 9

10 National funding: 10 Funding of waterways infrastructure development in CZ Since 2002 State Fund for Transport Infrastructure Regular contributions from the state budget (partially generated by consumtion taxes and the tolls from motorways) National fund support prefinancement of grants covered ex-post by the EU-funds For the waterways infrastructure allocated approx mil. CZK per year Funding of preparation (design, studies etc.) and construction works Funding from the EU: Operational Programme Transport For the waterways infrastructure were allocated approx. 2,5 bil. CZK Funding of well prepared projects : Modernisation of lock chambers on the Elbe river Partial extension of parameters» on the Elbe river (clearance under bridges)» On the Vltava river (removal of narrow section) Pleasure navigation on the Vltava river to České Budějovice Not yet prepared projects of the Lock Děčín and extension of navigation to Pardubice were not done TEN-T instrument Implementation of River Information Services (projects IRIS Europe II and IRIS Europe 3) International projects

11 Funding of waterways infrastructure development in CZ New EU funding : Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Cohesion call national envelope aprox 1 bln. EUR for railways and inland waterways Call 2015 waterways project: Extension of parameters on Vltava waterway mil. Kč (47,7 mil. EUR from CEF) Operational Programme Transport Eligible costs of the investment into the waterways infrastructure will be ready after approval of Programme change by European Commission: Permittion for strategic projects on the Elbe Study concerning interest for utilisation of waterborne transport and efficiency of infrastructure modernisation 11

12 Waterway network of the Czech Republic major bottlenecks Improvement of navigation conditions on free flowing Labe - Plavební stupeň Děčín Vltava stable navigation conditions (cascade 10 locks) Labe stable navigation conditions (cascade 21 locks) Class IV the european standard of vessel parameters Freight volumes on CZ waterways are very low (< 1 mil.t.) Missing connection to Pardubice aglomeration Major limitation unstable draughts on the free flowing Labe - long periods without navigation, unstable service for shippers shift to road transport

13 Development of waterways in the Czech republic What are the impacts on the use of waterways? Increase of pleasure navigation Number of tourists that visited the Bata Canal increased from 0 in 1998 up to in 2016 Continuing decline of freight transportation Basic reason is unstability of navigation conditions on the free-flowing Elbe

14 Development Projects Lock Děčín 150 mil Elbe locks 8 mil Vltava upgrade 85 mil Slapy, Orlík ship lifts 125 mil IWW to Č. Budějovice 70 mil IWW to Pardubice 145 mil Pleasure navigation berths ~10 mil Baťa canal extension, ports ~30 mil

15 Construction works: Lock Děčín Scope of the project: gated weir in the line 737,12 km lock chamber about the size of 200x24 m incl. lock approach and waiting space small hydro power dams and dredging on section state boundaries - PSD revitalization and compensatory measures stabilization of navigation conditions on section state boundaries - Decin and access to the first port in the Czech Republic from abroad 15

16 Extension of navigability on Vltava waterway Current parameters: class IV, for vessels or tows no wider than 10.5 m and no longer than 130 m draughts limited to 1.80 m Lowest clearance under bridges 4.50 m Extension to parameters: draughts up to 2.20 m (same as on Elbe) clearance under bridges up to 7.0 m up to Praha- Holešovice and then 5.25 m up to Praha-Radotín navigation safety and reliable operability ensuring the TEN-T waterway parameters from Mělník (confluence with the Elbe) to the port at Praha-Radotín (the last port really used by freight transport) elimination of bottlenecks limiting the use of the waterway. 16

17 Extension of navigability on Vltava waterway 63,7 km Adaptation of lock chamber gates in Hořín Securing of clearance under bridges on Vltava Waterway Increasing draughts on Vltava Waterway 17 Modernization of lock chamber Štvanice approaches Construction works: ,- mil. CZK (61 mil. )

18 Securing of clearances under bridges on Vltava Content of the project: canal Vraňany Hořín: 5 road bridges (2 lift) 1 railway bridget (1 lift) canal Prague Trója Podbaba: 3 road bridges Planned schedule: Building permit 2017 Realization Capital expenditure: 1.004,- mil. CZK incl. VAT => Clearance under bridges increase from 4,50 m to 7,0 m to Prague

19 Increasing draughts on Vltava Waterway Content of the project: Dredging works from Mělník to Prague A conversion of navigable channel Planned schedule: Building permit 2017 Realization Capital expenditure: 308,- mil. CZK w. DPH => Draught increase from 1,80 m to 2,20 m to Prague (same as Elbe)

20 Total 33 km class I. New Vltava waterway České Budějovice - Týn nad Vltavou Locks 45 x 6 m, draught 1,3 m 3 new lock chambers finalised 1 in construction 2 ports for pleasure navigation (České Vrbné a Hluboká nad Vltavou) River bed dredging (total cca 10 km) 5 jetties Celkové náklady asi 2 mld Kč (SFDI + EU)

21 Extension of navigability to Pardubice Stabilization of the fairway at the port Chvaletice Riverbed in the stretch Chvaletice Přelouč Lock Přelouč II Road bridge over the Elbe Valy / Mělice Public ports Pardubice Modernization of the lock Srnojedy 21

22 Lock Přelouč II Present weir Free flowing Elbe Non navigable section 2 km relocation of roads and bridges Biocoridor Navigation canal Slavíkovy ostrovy Lock chamber 115 x 12,5 m

23 Public port Pardubice Scope of the project: port quay length of 480 m for 4 transshipment positions service center waiting berths construction of a port terminal for freight incl. public transport connections (road, railway) and links to multimodal logistics center Necessary part of the extension of navigation to Pardubice

24 Other projects on Vltava PK Praha Staré Město Boat lift on the dam Slapy Boat lift on the dam Orlík Hněvkovice Týn nad Vltavou

25 RIS COMEX Participation on the multinational project (project leader AT) Enhancement of River Information Services for users in the scope of the whole corridor (Elbe and Vltava) General issues: Cooperation on the field of standardisation, including implemenation of the last version of RIS standards to RIS services which are already operational Cooperation on design and implementation of Single European Services, as recommended within CORISMA project (eg. NtS Portal, ENC s Portal, ERI Portal), incl. Interfaces with National RIS services in the Czech Republic 25 Specific issues: Extension of AIS shore infrastructure in order to enhance the quality of AIS data availability especially for safety and logistic purposes Establishement of pilot international data exchange using real data along the appropriate corridor Investigation, design and pilot implementation of Calamity Abatement System for enhancement of cooperation among authorities, resque services and logistic users in the case of accidents, floods and dangerous situations of large scale having impact to the transport corridor concerned

26 Thank you for your attention Waterways Directorate of the Czech republic 26