News site: Charges for driving into historical Prague centre face opposition

A plan to introduce charges to drive cars into some historical parts of Prague from next year may not be implemented, Novinky.cz reported on Tuesday. The idea has been put forward by the deputy mayor for transport, the Pirate Party’s Zdeněk Hřib, and the central Prague 1 district. However, it is not supported by the mayor, Bohuslav Svoboda of the Civic Democrats, other representatives of the three-party Together alliance or districts neighbouring Prague1, the news website said.

The head of City Hall’s transport committee described the proposed charges as nonsense and populist.

There have been reports that motorists will have to pay CZK 200 to enter some streets in the city centre.