This is an exceptional project that will not only make it possible to build a safe cycling route, but will also make cycling recreation more attractive, encourage residents to spend their free time actively and further promote the municipality’s tourist and natural assets.
– For many years, Gromadka Municipality had been seeking the possibility of building a cycling path along the former railway track through Modła and Gromadka towards Borówki, and then in the direction of Trzebień – says Mayor Ryszard Kawka. – This will be a section of the cycling route forming part of the major Lower Silesian Cyklostrada project, connecting the so-called “Copper Route” with the cycling route of the Bóbr Valley – the local government official explains.
The contractor for the project is JAGIELSKI Spółka Komandytowa. The lump-sum remuneration for carrying out the contract amounts to PLN 8,450,100.00 gross.
The project completion deadline has been set for 15 September 2026.
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Gromadka’s historic agreement with PKP
On 1 December 2025, Gromadka Municipality Mayor Ryszard Kawka signed a notarial deed with PKP concerning plots associated with the former railway line no. 314 from Bolesławiec (Bunzlau Kleinbahnhof) to Modła (Modlau Kleinbahnhof), which was opened 112 years ago.
The deed enabled ownership of the land to be transferred for the municipality’s key project. The undertaking is intended to transform the local transport and recreation landscape, facilitate further design work and project progress, and remove legal obstacles related to using the land for the path.
Then, on 5 December 2025, the mayor signed a contract for construction works and related activities for the project entitled: “Construction of a cycling path in Gromadka Municipality”.
This part of the plan is another step towards creating a recreational and transport network that will connect villages and enable people to discover the region’s ecological assets. In practice, this means greater safety for cyclists, new cycling routes for residents and tourists, and a boost for the local tourism market.
– The project’s main objective is to develop sustainable cycling tourism and tourist traffic by providing access to high-quality infrastructure – explains Ryszard Kawka. – The project will equip Gromadka Municipality with a safe, high-standard cycling path that can be used by cyclists—both residents of our municipality and tourists. Since the path connects with cycling routes being built in Lower Silesia, the result will be increased cycling and tourist traffic. The path also gives our residents the opportunity to use cycling routes directly within our region, and in the future throughout Lower Silesia, neighbouring provinces and routes beyond Poland’s borders in the Czech Republic and Germany – the mayor says of the project.
The Gromadka Municipality section of Cyklostrada in figures
Lower Silesian Cyklostrada is an ambitious project that will improve transport convenience and accessibility in the Lower Silesia region. The project envisages integrating local cycling paths with the regional railway network. The new routes will be safe, functional and friendly both to users and the natural environment.
Ultimately, Lower Silesian Cyklostrada is to become an attractive tourism product, enabling the entire province to be explored by bicycle in all directions. Each route offers a range of interesting tourist attractions and places worth visiting, an example being the railway section in Domaniów, known from the TV series “Four Tank-Men and a Dog”. Through the development of cycling infrastructure, the project contributes to promoting an active lifestyle and sustainable tourism in the region.
– This is a project serving residents, tourists and the environment, and it is becoming a reality – says Marshal Paweł Gancarz. – As the provincial government, we are developing not only roads and railways, but also cycling infrastructure. Together with Deputy Marshals Michał Rado, Tymoteusz Myrda and Mateusz Masłowski, the director of the Lower Silesian Road and Railway Service is working on the next stages of constructing Cyklostrada, a coherent and safe network of cycling routes that will connect all of Lower Silesia – the marshal adds.
The nearly 13-kilometre cycling route (12 919.08 m) of Cyklostrada in Gromadka Municipality will be bidirectional. The project provides for a 2.5-metre-wide path with shoulders on both sides.
Moreover, a 3.0-metre-wide shared pedestrian and cycling path with shoulders will be built in Gromadka. The path will be appropriately marked with road and tourist signs. This project is an important investment in infrastructure aimed at improving the safety and comfort of road users.
“Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund and from the state budget”
The history of the railway line from 1913
District railway line no. 314 was opened on 20 December 1913 and connected Bolesławiec with Modła. Passenger trains ran on the line until 1961, while freight traffic continued on some sections until 2000.
In 1935, together with the Bolesławiec Wschód–Nowa Wieś Grodziska line, it formed an important part of the local transport infrastructure. Its technical facilities were located in Bolesławiec Wschodni.
The company employed 119 people and had a rolling-stock fleet consisting of six steam locomotives, two mail and luggage vans, 15 passenger cars and 53 freight cars.
Later, the rolling stock was expanded by two railcars. In the 1970s, as a result of reorganising line numbering, the mileage system was changed, using Bolesławiec station as the reference point. The Bolesławiec Wschód–Podg BC1 section was converted into a connecting track and given number 777. After line 314 was closed, the Bolesławiec–BC1–Wizów Chemical Works siding was created and assigned number 973.