Bolesławiec County – as the longstanding leader among local governments benefiting from funding from the Bus Transport Development Fund – has once again applied for financial resources earmarked for 2022. As a result, Bolesławiec County Head Tomasz Gabrysiak signed a passenger transport funding agreement with Lower Silesian Voivode Jarosław Obremski, amounting to PLN 2,798,022.19. This will enable funding for 26 new bus routes.
PKS currently reaches the county’s most remote localities, enabling residents to use public transport. In Bolesławiec Municipality alone, 60% more services are being operated than before joining the programme in 2019.
To make it easier for county residents to reach workplaces and schools and return home, the largest number of services operate between 6:00 and 8:00 and during the afternoon rush hour, from 14:00 to 16:00. The government programme known as the Fund for the Development of Public-Utility Bus Transport, commonly referred to as the bus fund, is a system providing state-budget funding for every kilometre travelled. The fund currently contributes a maximum of PLN 3 per vehicle-kilometre of public-utility transport.
Participation in the programme requires financial contributions, as well as the development and maintenance of services by the transport organiser and operator.