In all voivodeships, traffic difficulties are expected from Wednesday morning, mainly on access roads to larger cities and expressways. This is the result of the farmers’ protest planned for Wednesday. The police reported that 580 protests had been announced. In the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, some roads are already blocked.
- A nationwide strike called by the National Council of the Independent Farmers’ Trade Union “Solidarity” was scheduled for Wednesday.
- Union spokesman Adrian Wawrzyniak said that farmers are opposed to the “Green Deal”, import of agri-food products from Ukraine, limiting animal breeding in Poland and the “dramatic situation” in agriculture.
- They want compensation and support for farmers.
- Officers from all city police headquarters appeal, if possible, to plan your trip in advance, taking into account alternative routes.
This is another recent agricultural protest and, like the previous ones, it will involve blocking roads or slow passage of tractor columns. The protest sites will primarily be access roads to provincial cities and expressways. In many places, farmers plan to gather from the early morning hours.
There were over 550 marked points on the nationwide protest map posted online on Tuesday evening. In turn, the Police Headquarters earlier on Tuesday summarized that 580 protests had been announced throughout the country with the estimated participation of nearly 70,000 people. She informed that this required the police to use significant forces. She also announced that the traffic police will ensure that drivers experience as little disruption as possible.
Securing public gatherings is one of the statutory obligations imposed on the police, whose goal is always to ensure the safety of all citizens and protect their rights and freedoms. The role of police officers is to ensure that all types of gatherings are held in compliance with applicable law, and in the event of its violation, to take appropriate action, noted the Police Headquarters.
Announcements from provincial and municipal police headquarters mention detours in many places of expected agricultural blockades.
Farmers’ protest in the province Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
In the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, the blockades began on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways informed that the roads dk 80, S5, dk10, dk25 were blocked. The police organized detours.
It was indicated that dk 80 concerns the section Bydgoszcz – Toruń in the town of Strzyżawa. On S5, difficulties concern the section between the Maksymilianowo and Bydgoszcz Zachód junctions. On dk 10 it is the section Bydgoszcz – Toruń in the town of Przyłubie, and on dk 25 it is the section Koronowo – Bydgoszcz in the town of Tryszczyn.
Farmers’ protest in the province Masovian Voivodeship
In the vicinity of Warsaw, road disruptions are expected in three districts. Farmers will block a roundabout in Zakręt in Mińsk County. The protest is scheduled to end at 7 p.m. Earlier in the morning, farmers will start the protest in Trzebucza (Węgrów County), then the tractors will drive through national roads No. 2 and 92 through Kałuszyn, Mińsk Mazowiecki to Zakręt.
In the Legionowo district, roundabouts in Nieporęt, Rembelszczyzna and Jabłonna are to be blocked. In Nowy Dwór County, blockades are planned in Kazuń Nowy.
The Warsaw Police reminds that the entry of agricultural tractors and slow-moving vehicles is prohibited in Warsaw. Breaking it may result in a fine.
Farmers’ protest in the province Łódź
In Stryków near Łódź, the A2 motorway is to be blocked in both directions. In Łódź itself from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. the intersection of Szczecińska and Aleksandrowska streets will be impassable, and near the city the Kurowice, Wola Rakowa, A1 highway, Łódź Górna Junction, Bełchatowski Junction, Koluszki: from the roundabout ul. Brzezińska to the Jana Pawła II roundabout to ul. November 11.
Farmers’ protest in the province Pomeranian
In Gdańsk, the protest will start at Solidarity Square. Then from 11-11.30 participants intend to move along Nowomiejska, Wały Piastowskie, Podwale Grodzkie, Wały Jagiellońskie, Hucisko, Toruńska and Okopowa streets to the voivodeship office. They are to demonstrate there until 16.
Farmers’ protest in the province Silesian
From 5 a.m. to 19, difficulties will occur in the area of the Silesian Provincial Office in Katowice. The following streets are to be completely blocked: Jagiellońska, Reymonta and Ligonia, while traffic on Francuska Street at the intersection with Jagiellońska will be cyclical.
Farmers’ protest in the province Greater Poland
In Poznań and the surrounding area, the greatest difficulties are expected on S5 and S11. The route will be impassable from the Kościan-Północ junction to the Poznań-Ławica junction. It will be impossible to exit the A2 motorway at the Poznań-Zachód and Buk junctions in both directions.
Farmers’ protest in the province Lower Silesia
However, in the vicinity of Wrocław, difficulties may occur in Kobierzyce, Cesarzowice, Małuszów, Kąty Wrocławskie and Jordanów Śląski.
Near Rzeszów, difficulties are expected from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Sokołów Małopolski junction – the S19 expressway and provincial road number 875 are to be impassable in both directions.
Farmers’ protest in the province Lubuskie
In Gorzów Wielkopolski and the surrounding area, a blockade is expected at the Południe, Zachód and Północ junctions from the morning. From 10 a.m., the protest is to cover Kasprzaka Street, along national road number 22. The route will be blocked periodically, which means waiting for a longer time to be able to pass.
Farmers’ protest in the province Opole province
On the A4 motorway at the Opole Zachód (formerly Prądy) junction, a blockade is expected from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Farmers’ protest in the province Świętokrzyskie
The entry and exit roads from Kielce are to be blocked on Wednesday in seven places, including: at the roundabout in Cedzyna, in Wiśniówka, at ul. priest Piotr Ściegienne and in the town of Piaski. On Thursday, the avenue will be completely blocked. IX Centuries Kielce.
