Government team reaches agreement on land with owner that will allow extension of D11 highway

Negotiators for the government have reached an agreement with Czech farmer Ludmila Havránková to buy up three hectares of land which will allow for the D11 highway to be extended up to the town of Hradec Králové as early as the end of next year. Currently the roadway ends three kilometres before the town; the dispute between the state and the property owner lasted sixteen years. In exchange for selling her property, Ms Havránková will receive three hectares of property elsewhere as well as an additional 130 hectares in a long-term lease. The government is expected to back the agreement in two weeks.