The Slatin area could become a neighborhood with 30,000 residents

Prague - The area of Slatiny between Záběhlice and Strašnice could be transformed into a new district with 30,000 residents. Prague 10 has prepared an urban study of the area, which also includes plans for a new tram line and railway stops. The district council announced this in a press release. The originally emergency colony of Slatiny emerged after 1924, and currently, there is a building ban in place.

The study proposes future solutions for the area approximately in 50 years. It will serve as a basis for the decision-making of the district and also for the preparation of the Metropolitan Plan. "Architects are 90 percent counting on residential development in Slatiny, so the entire area could eventually transform into a city of thirty thousand," stated the district councilor Bohumil Zoufalík (Movement for Prague 10), who is responsible for urban development.

The study anticipates the creation of several new railway stops on the line between Hostivař and the main train station. The new tram line, which Prague 10 intends to negotiate with the capital city, should lead along U Slávie Street, under the railway bridge to Bohdalec, and continue to Spořilov or Slatiny.

Prague 10 will present the study to the public at an exhibition at the Center for Urban Development in the town hall building. Every Monday afternoon until the end of November, the authors of the study will be available on site. The study will also be published on the website www.verejneprostory.cz.

Slatiny began to emerge in 1924. The houses were inhabited by war veterans and workers who built the railway. In the 1950s and 1960s, many houses were demolished. Currently, there are approximately 300 hectares of gardens, peculiar illegal constructions, and abandoned railway cars. The character of the place was captured by Jan Svěrák in the film "Basic School." Prague 10 had already informed about the commencement of the study preparation in 2003.