Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

Source: http://www.rvccr.cz/
Picture 49 - Visualization of the Děčín navigable lock
As mentioned earlier, the Děčín navigable lock is the crucial but not the only condition for the
full utilization of the Elbe waterway potential. The section between Ústí nad Labem and Děčín
remains unsolved and also requires construction of a navigable lock.
On 24 th August 2010, the Headquarters of waterways in CR made and important step for the
Děčín navigable lock project as they submitted the EIA document to the Ministry
of the Environment. The Děčín navigable lock project is perceived as a strategic extension of
transport options in one of the Czech key transport corridors.
Materials and findings of this study were used as a basis for EIA documentation of the Děčín
navigable lock project.
4.3 THE ELBE NAVIGABILITY TO PARDUBICE
Nowadays, the navigability of the Elbe river finishes in Chvaletice with no port or terminal
enabling a link to other transport modes to increase share of inland waterway transport. The
expected costs of “The Elbe navigability to Pardubice“ project are 2,403 billion CZK, including
following structures:
� The Elbe river basin reconstruction between Chvaletice and Přelouč
- completed
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 146