Mazowsze

27th January 2012

The A2 motorway between Lodz and Warsaw is making good progress, with several of the five sections approaching the finishing touches, with only road furniture to be installed and bridge tests already underway. The construction is divided into five stretches, with highly uneven results. Worst of all is the stretch near Zyrardow, which was hit hard by the shenanigans involving the Chinese contractor. In some places earthworks are still underway there.

Closer to Warsaw, though, things look rosier. The 7km stretch from Konotopa to Pruszkow is almost complete. “On Wednesday we tested one of the longer bridges at the Konotopa junction connecting the motorway with the S8. On Thursday we’re testing the load bearingings on the bridges at the Pruszkow junction. Results so far are good,” commented Bozena Wielgo of Budimeks. The company assured reporters there is no chance they will not be ready in time for the Euros.

However, the central section is still under a massive question mark and may well not be ready by the end of May. So far the constructor has been enjoying the mild winter, enabling progress to be made. This week, though, temperatures are expected to fall well below zero, even into the teens, making construction work much harder.

Infant attack

A five-month-old infant was hit during a drunken argument between his parents in a flat on ul. Goscieradowska this Monday evening. At around 11am the baby’s grandmother called police as she was worried about her grandson, who was caught in the middle of an argument between 27-year-old Sylwia P. and her partner, 29-year-old Krzysztof J.

Police arrived in minutes and found the child with a reddened face. The mother claimed that during their row, the child was hit on the head by its father. Both parents were extremely drunk, with about 0.25% alcohol in their blood.

The infant was taken to hospital and the parents to the Drunk Tank. They have since been charged with exposing their child to serious harm with potential loss of life, which carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison.

Weapons cache seized

Radom police discovered an illegal arsenal of weapons in a house near the city this Thursday. Officers from the criminal division in Zakrzewo arrested a 57-year-old man in connection with the offence.

“In the garage, in a metal chest and also in the man’s car, police found firearms, an air pistol, shotgun cartridges, ammunition of all varieties as well as telescopic sights,” Justyna Leszczynska, press officer for Radom police told reporters. The man faces up to eight years in prison.

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