Snow season - A costly business

13th December 2010

Local budgets are stretched over the winter period

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With the snow showing no sign of letting up anytime soon, local governments will be forced to fork out an estimated PLN 1.3 bln clearing roads and public places over the winter period.

Local authorities in the nation’s capital spent PLN 100 mln moving snow last year, although this year the figure is expected to be slightly less, with around PLN 95 mln put aside so far according to new figures reported in daily Rzeczpospolita.

PLN 25 is the expected figure needed in the western city of Poznan, while Krakow authorities have decided on PLN 29 mln - PLN 2 mln more than last year.

In total, town and city centres can expect to use approximately 10 percent of their budget dealing with th ...

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