An unpleasant news.
RSD fired the Miloslava Pošvářová, the chief of quality control. She was in the office just about a year. Pošvářová was the main RSD engine and key person in e.g. the conflict with Eurovia about the quality of the D1 in Ostrava.
http://www.financninoviny.cz/zpravy/rsd-odvolalo-reditelku-posvarovou-kritizovala-dalnice/1030741
http://www.financninoviny.cz/zpravy/rsd-odvolalo-reditelku-posvarovou-kritizovala-dalnice/1030741
She was always quite open about the problems that she came across in the organization and the processes at work there and were quite specific in naming the problems and issues, also on the construction sites. I can imagine she wasn't liked by some.
e.g. video by Czech TV about the D1 in Ostrava, there are also some examples of what Pošvářova was not afraid to show about the quality of the Czech roads.
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysila.../262566-kdo-zaplati-miliony-za-zpackanou-d47/
For me, this is a major let down.
Just to illustrate the dismal situation.
She repeatedly pointed out that the whole construction quality control section in the whole Czech Republic comprise some 10 people that are poorly paid (salary under 900 €, while they should control billions). This is not only about some checking after the whole work is done. Those people are also responsible for setting out the frameworks for the contracts which then allow for quality control and for the control during the whole construction phase.
It was quite unbelievable how she described one meeting with Eurovia. She, alone, against a battery of lawyers. Unbelievable how poorly is the RSD managed and how deprived of expertise and manpower.
The way she describes how we came into the current state is that the RSD was purposefully stripped down in order to lose expertise and be any counterweight to the construction companies. This system could work in the past as the pressure on effective spending was not that high and the construction companies could simply take their slice and manage it themselves. When the corruption and wasteful spending became much bigger issues, the whole mechanism stopped, while the RSD was not able to resume any position as it was already without appropriate manpower able to prepare those projects.
Now, it seems to me that firing her leads rather to the previous situation, not really empowering the RSD. This is not the path I would like to see for Czech roads.
This situation seems to me quite embarrassing for the Czech transportation sector, especially looking e.g. at Poland. I am very curious what will the new government (just coming in the office these days) do with it.
