📋 Tender Overview
The Directorate of Roads and Highways (RSD) has opened a 7.6-kilometer section of the D55 highway from Olomouc to Kokory. It is one of two sections that will connect Olomouc with Prerov and replace the I/55 road which is no longer sufficient for traffic needs. Work on the section lasted from spring 2023 and the construction cost after valuation is 2.1 billion CZK excluding VAT most of which should be covered by EU subsidies.
The D55 highway represents a key connection for central southeastern and southern Moravia which will divert traffic from the overloaded I/55 road. This is another transport investment that will reflect in the daily lives of citizens and bring them concrete benefits. A stable financing system for transport construction will be crucial for its completion in the coming years allowing the continued construction of the D55 within realistic timelines and without further budget surprises says Minister of Transport Ivan Bednarik.
The D55 highway is a bypass of the first-class road that connects Prerov with Olomouc through several municipalities. Up to 20000 cars pass through them daily. The connecting section from Kokory to Prerov six kilometers long is expected to start construction next year. Most of the land has been acquired and a tender for the construction contractor has already been announced. Archaeologists are already examining the route and have discovered remnants of several prehistoric settlements including so-called aluminum a place where people mined clay for pottery production. The section from Olomouc to Kokory includes six bridges and an ecoduct. The route runs near the natural monument U Strejckova lomu and Bilych hlin and crosses a biocorridor. Construction was carried out with maximum regard for nature. The ecoduct will ensure access to the former limestone quarry and to endangered plant species.
The D55 highway is very important for connecting the east and west of the country. This highway smoothly connects to the under-construction D35 highway and provides a direct link from Olomouc to Prerov and to the D1 highway and south towards the Zlin region eventually reaching Hodonin and Breclav. The D55 highway is of great significance in the highway network of the Czech Republic. The northern part of the D55 should be completed by 2029. Once the entire D55 is finished it will divert part of the transit traffic from the long-overloaded Brno agglomeration. And even though we will expand the D1 highway around Brno to a six-lane arrangement in the future it will still be overloaded. For this reason the D55 highway is of great importance for the Moravian part of the Czech Republic especially for north-south transport relations said the General Director of RSD Radek Matl. Once the entire D55 is completed it will be more than 100 kilometers long and will connect to the D2 highway near Breclav.
The construction is designed for co-financing from the Transport Program 2021-2027 (OPD3).
D55 Olomouc - Kokory
Main route:
length: 7623 m
number of all construction objects: 131
noise barriers: 8 total length 1846 m
contractor: Eurovia CZ a.s.
construction price according to the contract: 1947999819 CZK excluding VAT
price after valuation: 2124012053 CZK excluding VAT*
start of implementation: 4/2023
commissioning: 12/2025
length of construction until commissioning: 32 months
construction information leaflet: here
* including changes during construction status as of the first decade of December 2025
The Directorate of Roads and Highways will have a total of 203.9 kilometers of new constructions under construction by the end of the year. This includes 137 km of highways and 66.9 km of first-class roads. An additional 142.6 km of highways and first-class roads are in the tender process. A complete overview of all planned and ongoing constructions can be found in the interactive map on the website www.rsd.cz.
