Nationwide sports fields "Orlik" program not to be continued

The Law andJustice government decided not to continue the Orlik sport fields program, which would require PLN 500 million to repair and modernize a few hundred of pitches. The program itself costed PLN 1 billion and built 2,600 structures, a few hundreds of whom require immediate modernization in order not to pose any threat to children. "There will be no national modernization program" said Minister of Sport Witold Bańka. As he added, the repairs of the sport fields should be in charge of local structures, and the Ministry has got no cash to spend on them. Ireneusz Raś says the discontinuation of the program is a part of the war between the now ruling party and the Civic Platform, author of the program. Witold Bańka wants his resort to concentrate on revitalizing school sports club trained by professional PE teachers.