Amazon is giving up on its project in Horní Počernice on the eastern outskirts of Prague. Planning hurdles from local authorities and residents, worried about the scheme’s environmental impacts, have delayed the process for too long. Amazon’s Czech spokesman, Karel Taschner, said the company cannot wait any longer. The e-giant had chosen P3 to develop a new 40,000 sqm warehouse for returned goods at P3 Prague Horní Počernice. The center would have created 3,000 jobs. Amazon had been looking to relocate its existing returned goods center in Dobrovíz on the other side of Prague since 2013. Residents feared traffic would increase if Amazon’s plans were approved. However, the developer argued that several smaller warehouses will be built in the park instead, which will also increase traffic. Similar protests in Brno also brought Amazon’s plans for that city to a halt.
