The Mayor of Bolesławiec has prepared a penalty bollard to hand over to Lower Silesian Deputy Marshal Tymoteusz Myrda, who is to pass it on to DSDiK Director Leszek Loch. Cezary Przybylski has already received a penalty bollard from the city’s mayor.
“For what must already be eight years, we have been waging an unequal battle with the owner of the road, the Lower Silesian Roads and Railways Service, for a safer pedestrian crossing on the pavement running along road 297,” says Piotr Roman. “Unfortunately, successive bollards are being driven over, they look untidy, they are dirty and are not washed. We are asking DSDiK to find a solution so that these bollards can do their job. We were assured that this would happen, but it is not true. I will hand this bollard to the Deputy Marshal, because two weeks ago we handed one to the Marshal. And this is not the oldest bollard among those on Kościuszki Street,” the mayor adds.
Kościuszki Street is the city’s gateway, a very busy road and a pedestrian route used by many residents.
“This is a very important road,” says the mayor. “First of all, it is the entrance road to the city—a gateway to the city—and these bollards look terrible. However, safety is the most important issue. Adults and children from the social housing estate walk along this road, residents of Łąka use it, cyclists ride there, and there is Mrówka and a fish bar; this path is very heavily used. The bollards create some kind of visual barrier, but it turns out that they are ineffective and more and more of them are ending up on the ground. And I am not going to ask every few weeks for the bollards to be washed and replaced. We are even prepared to carry out some kind of joint expert assessment and can co-finance it. This is one of the most important roads in the city. If this does not work, I intend to put up a large sign stating who is personally responsible for the condition of this road—like the signs we once put up beside county roads. I am wondering whether we should put the director’s telephone number there so that people can call him.”
We are awaiting a response on this matter from the spokesperson for the Lower Silesian Roads and Railways Service and will publish it once received.