Ostrava – where new stories begin. That’s the vision that the city plans to make a reality during the next years. Ostrava will be implementing a range of projects to help achieve this vision, creating an energized city that offers a high quality of life for all generations and attracts talented people to live and work here. Ostrava will become a confident European city – a city that’s closer to its people, to nature, and to the rest of the world.
In the period up to 2023, Ostrava will be implementing projects focusing on 3 core priorities (A Vibrant Regional Capital, Wealth in People, A Healthy City) consisting of 7 strategic goals. You can see a full list of the projects here:

BUILDING AN INTERCONNECTED CITY

• AIR TRITIA
• CLAIRO
• Com.Unity.Lab
• Completion of the Rudná St. extension
• Expat Centre
• In Focus – regional talent management
• Transport links – northern link road
• Concert hall and reconstruction of the City of Ostrava Cultural Centre
• Ostrava-Mošnov Small Development Zone
• Multifunctional sports hall
• Museum+
• National Museum of Agriculture (Ostrava branch, Lower Vítkovice)
• Ostrava Transport Museum
• POTEnT
• Extension to Porážková St. IV
• P3 Ostrava Central industrial and commercial park
• Reconstruction and aesthetic improvements to the Main Railway Station and the surrounding area
• Review of the City Statute
• Ostrava Zoo site development
• High-speed rail links from Ostrava to Prague, Brno and Katowice

REVITALIZING THE HISTORIC CITY CENTRE

• Apartment blocks – Apartment complex Janáčkova,  Nové Lauby residental departement
• Dr. Edvard Beneš Square
• Connection of Lower Vítkovice to the network of cycle routes along the Ostravice River
• Ostrava Tower
• Parking garage at Ostrava cathedral
• Pod Žofinkou: Karolina development area – Lower Vítkovice
• Transformation of Náměstí Msgre. Šrámka square
• Revitalization of the historic municipal slaughterhouse building
• Development of the Černá Louka (Black Meadow) area
• Development of the Nová Karolina area

BEING A CENTRE FOR TOP-QUALITY EDUCATION

• Bazaly – youth football training centre
• Integration of disabled students and teaching room for manual skills/technical subjects
• Keys to the future of our children at school facilities in Ostrava II
• Life & Environment Research Center Ostrava (LERCO)
• Local action plan for the development of education in Ostrava I, II, III
• Moravian-Silesian Research Library
• New university study programmes
• Stomatology degree programme at the University of Ostrava
• Platform for research focusing on Industry 4.0 and robotics in the Ostrava agglomeration
• Programme supporting bilingual and foreign-language teaching at preschools, primary and secondary schools in Ostrava
• Programme supporting education and talent management
• Creating equal access to education in Ostrava I, II, III
• Competition for architecture faculty students focusing on functional public spaces
• Technology and business academy
• University campus at Černá Louka
• Improved conditions for the development of strategic study programes at Ostrava Technical University

ENHANCING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET)
• Research Centre for Energy and Social Change (REFRESH)
• National Energy Centre
• Ostrava Craft Incubator
• Development of the IT4Innovations national supercomputing centre
• Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre Ostrava – expansion of the Science and Technology Park
• Hrušov development zone – Contera Park Ostrava D1
• Development fund to support the construction of infrastructure for SMEs
• Poruba tram depot – smart quarter

SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND CITIZENS’ INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC LIFE

• Great Urban Spaces subsidy programme
• FajnOVA – the participative platform for Ostrava’s Strategic Development Plan
• Participative budgets of municipal districts
• Neighbourhood programme

CREATING A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL GENERATIONS

• English park
• Plzeňská St. shooting range complex
• Bikesharing Ostrava
• Mental Health Centre
• Hulváky seniors’ home
• Home for handicapped clients (MIKASA)
• Public transport telematics
• Aesthetic improvements to and replacement of street furniture
• The Grossmann villa
• Humanization of tram routes and modernization of power lines
• Integrated transport systems
• Complete reconstruction of the Jiří Myron Theatre
• Municipal Studio for Urban Planning and Architecture (MAPPA)
• Family-friendly places
• Na Karolině St. bridge
• System preventing loss of housing and offering support to households at risk of homelessness
• New Poruba tram line
• Ostrava360° – Regulation of advertising in the city
• Alternative fuels for Ostrava
• Parking garages -Parking garage at Ostrava City Hospital,  Parking garage on 28. října St.,
• P+R car park – Hlubina coal mine
• P+R car park – Hlučínská tram terminus
• Piloting the social housing concept
• Náměstí Republiky transport interchange
• Refill project
• Smetanovo náměstí vacant lot
• Connecting the city centre with Nová Karolina
• Reconstruction and modernization of Ostrava City Hospital
• Reconstruction of the Domeček children’s centre
• Reconstruction of the Kotva junction and public transport stop
• Reconstruction of the main square in Ostrava-Jih
• Reconstruction of the Ostravica-Textilia department store
• Reconstruction of the Ostrčilova St. tower block
• Reconstruction and extension of the Korýtko seniors’ home
• Revitalization of the Bedřiška housing scheme
• Revitalization of Opavská St. and 28. října St.
• Revitalization of Místecká St.
• Revitalization of public spaces at the Kotva shopping centre and outside the Church of the Holy Spirit
• Revitalization of housing estates in Ostrava
• Revitalization of public space – Duha complex
• Development of the area in the vicinity of the Ostrava Planetarium
• Poruba sports centre (former VOKD)
• U Cementárny II sports centre
• Hulváky terminal – phase II
• Transformation of residential services at the Čtyřlístek centre
• Public toilets – Smart WC
• Hydrogen transport infrastructure
• Alternative-fuel public transport vehicles
• Charging stations for electric vehicles

BRINGING THE CITY CLOSER TO NATURE

• City of Ostrava adaptation strategies addressing impacts and risks of climate change
• Household boiler subsidy scheme
• Revitalization of the Benátky forest park and Hulváky hill
• Ecological clearance – Ostramo oil lagoons
• Ostrava’s bid for the title European Green Capital 2020
• Reconstruction and extension of collector B to Radvanice
• Revitalization and cultivation of green areas in Ostrava

OTHER PROJECTS

Projects not included in the Action Plan

• Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP)
• “Clean Ostrava” app
• Energy efficiency measures at the treatment centre for long-term illnesses in Ostrava-Radvanice
• Energy savings at Ostrava City Hospital – insulating the kitchen/canteen block
• Energy savings at Ostrava City Hospital
• Dukla gallery
• Global Experts
• Fire stations
• Bělský Les forest park camera system
• Sewerage system in Plesná
• Landscape festival OSTRAVA 2019
• Safe City
• Modernization of Hlubina coal mine public transport stop
• Car park under the Bazaly bridge
• Nádražní St. piazzetta
• Ecostability System plan, Ostrava
• Michálkovice sewerage system
• Pod Žofinkou: Karolina development area – Lower Vítkovice
• Důl Odra transport interchange – reconstruction of the tram stop
• Poklad Cultural Centre reconstruction
• Důlňák siphon system reconstruction – well IX
• Reconstruction of Místecká St. pedestrian underpass
• Reconstruction of well S14, Ostrava – Nová Ves water source
• REPLACE – Greenery instead of concrete
• Revitalization of Radvanice ponds
• Revitalization of public space in Umělecká St.
• Sports halls
• “Black Horse” street food market
• Svinov park
• Public space and footbridge with panoramic views above the Bazaly stadium
• Using the Ostravice, Odra and Opava rivers for water sports
• Cycle access to the Odra and Olše rivers