MŽP has not issued a statement regarding the Principles of Spatial Development of JmK

The South Moravian Region needs the opinion to make a final decision on the routing of these roads and to proceed with the preparation of the principles of spatial development. The councilors were supposed to approve a proposal regarding the routing of these roads on Thursday, but according to council member Antonín Tesařík (KDU-ČSL), they must defer it until January. Earlier this year, the plan was still to approve it in November.

The region aims to complete the issuance of the spatial plan before the autumn elections. For its leadership, this is a priority given that, for the 15 years of the regions' existence, South Moravia is the only one that does not have this key spatial planning document, and in 2012, the document approved at that time was annulled by the Supreme Administrative Court.

However, the region's approach is reportedly highly problematic according to the leadership of Brno. The region has excluded the Brno agglomeration and postponed the decision on the routing of key roads intended to divert transit traffic from the city and relieve affected municipalities. “The whole Brno agglomeration is being addressed by the region only through spatial reserves. This is creating a two-speed region. While everywhere else it will be clear which roads will lead where, in Brno and the surrounding municipalities, it will not. Yet this is an economically key area for the entire region,” said Deputy Mayor Martin Ander (SZ) to journalists.

The region defends itself by stating that it does not have enough information for the decision and plans to commission a study after the principles are approved, which will assess the routing of the roads and the impacts on the environment in the agglomeration. “The study will take about two years, and another two years will be needed to update the principles, which brings us to the year 2020. Due to the region's incompetence, affected municipalities and city districts will suffer the negative impacts of traffic even longer,” said Ander.

Therefore, Brno is asking the region to commission the study immediately and suspend the preparation of the principles until it is completed. “In this case, the delay would be about a year instead of four,” Ander stated and emphasized that the Road and Motorway Directorate will not begin designing the roads that are vital for Brno until there is a clear decision.

Brno is now waiting to see how the region will behave. If the proposal regarding the routing of R43 and R52 is approved, a second round of comments and expressions from the relevant institutions will follow. Only then will it be possible to approve the final form of the ZÚR. Due to the region's unwillingness to proceed differently, some mayors from surrounding municipalities or associations have already warned that they will file a lawsuit, with which they succeeded three years ago.