While up at
the top the citizens have voted to change the dweller of the presidential
palace, down at the local front, things keep running their course, although
recently the speed of works on the closely followed reconstruction of ul.
Mleczarska has fallen back… Photo documentation dated 28 May 2015, early
evening.
The
southern-most section is nearly ready, only a lick of paint to mark out lanes
is missing and had it not been for the finishing touches and lack of official
usage permit, the section between ul. Syrenki and ul.
Sękocińska could have been officially opened.
Unofficially, there is even no ban for traffic…
As one
moves north, the top layer of tarmac ends, bump, then another one and one more
and then it turns out the level crossing with Siekierki coal line tracks has
stayed intact. Curbs and heavy concrete slabs lie on the side of the road and
most probably await some kind of green light from PGNiG Termika…
Further
north newly laid pavement on the eastern side of the street and cycling path on
the other side serve as the only evidence of progress. The very road, you just
know it is in between, has the very bottom layer of hardened aggregates laid.
To the
right – I look east from the intersection of ul. Mleczarska and the new road
meant to run towards some new shopping mall envisaged to be erected on the
premises of the former Piaseczno bus depot. Again, cart well before the horse,
the high curbs will mark the end of this road for months to come. In the
distance, intersection of ul. Puławska and ul.
Energetyczna and beyond it a large post
attracting customers to Outlet Fashion Centre in Piaseczno. The centre, opened
10 years ago has been going downhill for a few years now. Huge “down by even
90%” sales are organised twice a month, and even when price discounts are
considerable, car park outside the Fashion House is half empty. Given shoddy
quality of most stuff sold there, even after-discount prices seem steep enough
to put off brainy consumers.
The
roundabout where ul. Mleczarska and ul.
Energetyczna cross has taken its shape. Still,
a way to go before the piece of infrastructure is finished, not only passable
for daredevils who risk suspensions of their cars by venturing there.
To the
right – looking into ul. Energetyczna, which will enjoy the status of dual
carriageway from the Fashion Centre up to ul. Mleczarska. In the foreground,
Student SGH casting a shadow of doubt on the completion deadline of 30 June
2015 (out of reach unless road-building crews pull up their sleeves).
The north-most
section remains least advanced. Old lamp posts, which suspend overhead
electricity wires, occupy the middle of the new road (and remind where the
former Mleczarska ran). Absurdity? Not necessarily, rather another proof of
dismal lack of co-ordination. The day before yesterday electricians from the
local branch of PGE were switching from old wires to new ones, put underground.
The whole operation, which could have been done within an hour in a civilised
manner (my father, electrician such works were better co-ordinated even in
1970s), lasted the whole day, including seven hours when locals were deprived
of electricity…
And on the
northern end of the development, a lion’s share of works is still ahead. I
foresee ample traffic disruptions here, but when the works are done, maybe the
intersection of ul. Mleczarska, ul. Raszyńska and ul.
Krasickiego will not be the scene of prangs...
Also
congratulations to waterworks crews. Despite having a map with all
installations properly marked, their reckless excavator operator managed to
burst a water pipe running beneath ul. Mleczarska. Upshot – interruptions in
water supply and necessity to dig up the street to the unplanned extent, since
when the pipe was burst, the chaps did not know which valve to use to turn off
the water and literally broke down two valves, before reaching the correct one.
For the time being the water supply is resumed, but in the coming week
waterworks crews will need to mend it and cut off water for the time of repair.
Time to
call this wonderful smiling guy who knows the solution to every problem, maybe
he will get to grips with the bungling fachowcy…
Weather-wise,
May 2015 has been perfect… for studying. So far everything indicates it was the
coolest and wettest since memorable May 2010 when the last bigger flood haunted
Poland. I’m more than half-way the pre-exam two-week wipe-out. In a week I will
have dropped the burden off my neck…
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