The R43 highway is to lead from Brno to Moravská Třebová, the state proposes

Brno - The route of the planned highway R43 from Brno northward will likely not lead towards Svitavy, but towards Moravská Třebová. This is assumed by the updated territorial development policy of the Czech Republic, which will be discussed by the government on Wednesday. The Ministry of Regional Development claims that the highway cannot be directed towards Svitavy due to the nearby catchment area of the Březovský water supply, said the ministry's spokesperson Veronika Vároši today.
    The previous document from 2008 included both alternatives for the R43 route. However, the document submitted to the government assumes that near Svitávka, the route will turn towards Moravská Třebová through the Boskovická basin, where it will connect to the planned highway R35. "The Ministry of Transport commissioned a study and in 2010 agreed with the Ministry of the Environment to further monitor this route," Vároši stated. The study compared both variants, and the Svitavy route faced obstacles from not only the catchment area for drinking water for Brno but also the surface slate mine Březinka.
    The route to Moravská Třebová is also included in the draft Principles of Territorial Development of the South Moravian Region, as well as the same document from the Pardubice Region. In the first decade of the 21st century, this route was more favored, but some municipalities wanted the route to Svitavy, and the state decided to assess both variants. In contrast, the Svitavy route was opposed by the Union of Municipalities for the Construction of the Expressway R43.
    For many years, municipalities along the two-lane road I/43, known as the road of death due to the number of accidents, have been waiting for the new highway. According to the latest nationwide traffic intensity census in 2010, nearly 12,000 cars traveled between Černá Hora and Svitávka, and between Svitávka and Letovice, where the current road is to remain, 9,500 cars. Between Svitavy and Hradec nad Svitavou, the intensity again increases to more than 11,000 cars.
    Plans from the beginning of the millennium assumed that the entire R43 from Brno to R35 would be completed by 2016. The most complicated situation is around Brno from the D1 to Kuřim. Whether the route will pass through the municipal district of Bystrc around the reservoir or go through the Boskovická basin will not be clear even next year. The territorial development policy does not specify the exact route, and the region has only placed territorial reserves in the proposals and wants to commission a comprehensive study of road and highway management in Brno and its surroundings.