Urban jungle

The Friends of Warsaw Association (TPW) wants to see the creation of walking paths and transport routes between the boroughs of Wilanów and Ursynów and is going to send its proposals to Warsaw City Hall. Dr. Lech Królikowski, TPW chairman, says that there is a huge transport barrier between Wilanów and Ursynów. The two boroughs are next to each other geographically, but it is difficult to travel or walk from one to another as the roads and paths are scarce.

According to TPW, walking lanes between the two boroughs should be created in the first place. "The area dividing Ursynów from Wilanów is wild, dilapidated and dangerous," says Królikowski. "If there was a park with footpaths there, it would only take 20 minutes to walk from Ursynów to Wilanów," he explains. Such a park lane would also enable inhabitants of Ursynów to easily get to Miasteczko Wilanów, a big development investement, where 25,000 people will soon find their homes. Shopping centers and leisure facililites built on this new housing estate could also be of use for inhabitants of Ursynów, providing they could easily get there.

Along the same lines, TPW thinks that Warsaw authorities need to prepare a spatial development plan for Wolica, a village neighboring Ursynów, so as to preserve its rural character. While some of the buildings in Although were erected at the turn of the 18th and 19th century, people still reside in them.