A Reader called us to point out that the matter of the Transport Hub had gone quiet, even though “the documentation is already complete.”
Agnieszka Gergont, spokesperson for Bolesławiec City Hall:
The design documentation is currently at the stage of being agreed with the owners of the land and utility networks located within the planned investment area. The planned investment is located on land owned by the Municipality of Bolesławiec, PKP (managed by several PKP companies), Bolesławiec County and DSDiK in Wrocław. Consultations are also under way with the Regional Monument Protection Office in Jelenia Góra, Tauron Dystrybucja, PWiK in Bolesławiec, the Gasworks and authorities responsible for national defence.
She added: “The consultations are difficult because there are numerous clashes with the planned investment in the areas covered by the project. An additional factor affecting their duration is the ongoing COVID pandemic, which has significantly extended the consultation period.”
The Municipality of Bolesławiec expects the consultations on the building design, which are necessary to obtain a building permit, to be completed by 30 April this year.
We will certainly return to the topic.
Let us recall. In 2019, the Municipal Office reported that Bolesławiec, together with eight other institutions from Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia, had secured funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the project “TEN-T passenger transport connections in border regions/TRANS-BORDERS – construction of the Transport Hub in Bolesławiec.”
It also revealed the details:
At the site of the planned transport hub—in the vicinity of the existing railway station—residents and tourists alike will be able to change means of transport, such as a train, bus, bicycle (under the BROM – Bolesławiec City Bicycle programme, which allows users to rent a bicycle quickly and easily) or another form of transport.
An important element in the vicinity of the transport hub is the planned changes, including those to the traffic system along B. Chrobrego and T. Kościuszki streets. It is worth noting that the multimodal nature of the investment is intended to reduce private car traffic, which will have a positive effect on the environment by reducing air pollution and noise levels.
The convenient location and integrated nature of the transport hub will also contribute to the further economic development of the city and region, particularly at a time when businesses are experiencing a noticeable shortage of workers. It is also worth noting that municipal bus transport in Bolesławiec is free for all users.
The planned hub is an element of subregional infrastructure that will reduce the inconvenience of changing transport modes to a minimum. The transport hub is an optimal place to concentrate long-distance, including international, passenger traffic—for obvious reasons, especially for train travellers, since the PKP railway station is an integral part of the hub, but also for international coach and minibus services whose routes run through Bolesławiec.
Users of the transport hub will have access to, among other things, car parks, multistorey car parks, a waiting room, service and office premises, ticket offices, toilets and parking bays.