Our editorial office was contacted by the owner of the “Inna Bajka” restaurant, Adrian Krzystanek. The problem concerns the unlit, pothole-ridden access road leading to the restaurant. Below, we present the text of his email:
For 10 years I have been trying to get a road built that was and still is in a deplorable condition. Reaching my property during winter, early spring and autumn often poses a threat to the health and lives of my employees, customers and family. There is no lighting along the 300-metre stretch—not a single street lamp. There are holes in the surface deeper than 10 cm. A “beautiful” showcase of the city for foreigners. My company has been visited for years by contractors from more than 30 countries. Currently, because of its standard, my hotel is usually occupied by directors, clients and management employees of foreign companies from the neighboring economic zone.
For years I repeatedly appealed to the city hall to have it built. No one was interested, nor was there any answer as to when it would be completed or what position the city took on the matter. Two years ago, after another desperate letter sent to the city hall, the deputy mayor initiated a meeting attended by officials responsible for investments. The meeting took place in a friendly atmosphere. I was supposed to expect projects and proposals for resolving the deadlock. When I had not received any such proposal after three weeks, I contacted the person responsible for investments in the city, and, surprisingly, she did not remember the matter. The meeting had been merely a courtesy. The road to my property was absent then, and it is absent now.
Three years ago, during a harsh winter, not even a single snowplow came through. This year, the surface has been leveled several times with basalt stone or slag, but the effects of such repairs disappear after a few weeks because of the road’s use by passionate quad-bike and motocross enthusiasts, who race past our facility at crazy speeds. It is truly surprising that there has not yet been a tragedy involving an elderly person or children being hit while out walking.
I devoted my entire life’s work to rebuilding and renovating my grandparents’ 1806 house into a hotel and leisure facility, with its public and cultural usefulness foremost in mind. The access road meets no standards. I cannot carry out the investment using my own funds.
I dreamed of turning this place into a charming spot on the outskirts of the city, where concerts, exhibitions and cultural meetings would be held, bringing together people from the local cultural, business and artistic communities, as well as a high-standard hotel where employees of many companies could happily relax after work in conditions satisfying even the most refined tastes.
Will they be able to get there?
On behalf of the owner of “Inna Bajka,” we asked the city hall about renovating and lighting the road. Below, we present the response we received from City Hall Spokesperson Agnieszka Gergont:
Construction of the aforementioned road was not included in this year’s budget. Its estimated cost is approximately PLN 500,000. It will be reinforced more frequently to reduce the inconvenience associated with access to the property. The city’s current road-construction practice assumes that, as a priority, road investments are planned to provide access and lighting to residential developments that have already been developed and are inhabited by a larger number of people.
Accordingly, the following projects have been planned for 2015, among others: construction of the second stage of the road by Gdańska, Łokietka and Kwiatowa streets—the project will be carried out on the basis of the design documentation currently being prepared; construction of a road with drainage and lighting on Herberta Street—stage I; construction of roads with lighting along Zabobrze Street, Kamienna Street and Bazaltowa Street. This is a continuation of a project under which the first stage, involving street lighting and storm sewer construction, was carried out in 2014, while construction of a 50-metre road is planned for 2015; construction of a road with street lighting on Rzemieślnicza Street, based on the available design documentation; construction of a road on Czesława Miłosza Street. The budget also includes funds for the construction of service roads in Bolesławiec.
Construction of the road leading to the single developed property, “Inna Bajka,” will be considered at a later stage—after funds have first been allocated for preparing the design documentation.
