The Czech Transport Ministry announced on 4 November 2025 that construction crews will hand over 66.7 kilometres of new motorway by year-end, the highest annual total in a decade. Key segments include five stretches of the D35 corridor between Olomouc and Hradec Králové, a long-awaited bypass on the D6 west of Prague and a fresh 7.6-km portion of the D55 in Moravia. While primarily a domestic infrastructure milestone, the programme has direct implications for international mobility, trade and corporate logistics.
Most of the 2025 openings serve east-west traffic, shortening truck transit times between Germany, Slovakia and the country’s industrial heartland. For business travellers, the new Křelov–Slavonín section outside Olomouc will shave 15 minutes off peak-hour journeys to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, a growing secondary gateway for automotive suppliers.
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Looking beyond December, Transport Minister Martin Kupka confirmed that the first 3.3-km stage of the D11 motorway extension to the Polish border will open in 2026. Once the full D11/S3 corridor is completed, Prague–Wrocław driving time will drop below three hours, strengthening Central Europe’s so-called “electromobility triangle” of Czech, Polish and Slovak battery- and EV-production sites.
For multinationals managing regional expatriate assignments, the faster road links will expand week-end-commuting options and reduce reliance on congested rail lines. Cross-border service providers—IT consultants based in Brno but servicing clients in Katowice, for example—will gain a same-day return capability that was previously impractical by car. Forwarders, meanwhile, expect up to 8 percent fuel savings on the new D35 thanks to fewer bottlenecks and flatter gradients.
Companies should review their travel-and-expense policies, update GPS route libraries and renegotiate freight SLAs that assume longer transit times. Kupka also hinted that e-vignette prices will rise from January 2026, so fleet managers may wish to bulk-purchase annual toll stickers before year-end.
Most of the 2025 openings serve east-west traffic, shortening truck transit times between Germany, Slovakia and the country’s industrial heartland. For business travellers, the new Křelov–Slavonín section outside Olomouc will shave 15 minutes off peak-hour journeys to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, a growing secondary gateway for automotive suppliers.
Looking beyond December, Transport Minister Martin Kupka confirmed that the first 3.3-km stage of the D11 motorway extension to the Polish border will open in 2026. Once the full D11/S3 corridor is completed, Prague–Wrocław driving time will drop below three hours, strengthening Central Europe’s so-called “electromobility triangle” of Czech, Polish and Slovak battery- and EV-production sites.
For multinationals managing regional expatriate assignments, the faster road links will expand week-end-commuting options and reduce reliance on congested rail lines. Cross-border service providers—IT consultants based in Brno but servicing clients in Katowice, for example—will gain a same-day return capability that was previously impractical by car. Forwarders, meanwhile, expect up to 8 percent fuel savings on the new D35 thanks to fewer bottlenecks and flatter gradients.
Companies should review their travel-and-expense policies, update GPS route libraries and renegotiate freight SLAs that assume longer transit times. Kupka also hinted that e-vignette prices will rise from January 2026, so fleet managers may wish to bulk-purchase annual toll stickers before year-end.
