EU finances PLN 17 mln for ecological transport in Ostrowiec

In the next three years Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a town in south-central Poland, will implement a project for ecological public transport. The municipality received PLN 17 million EU funds. The total investment will amount to PLN 25 million. Under the project, the plans are, among others, to buy ten city buses meant for a total of 700 passengers: one hybrid and nine low-emission. The project also includes modernization of street lighting to energy-saving, construction of a bicycle path in the northern part of the town and a campaign promoting the use of ecological transport.