Over the past two weeks or so, a new sign has appeared at the bottom end of ulica Dworcowa in Nowe Grobice. This thoroughfare (literally 'station street') runs parallel to the railway line, from Sułkowice station to the DK50, Warsaw's southern ring-road. The last 400m or so of the 1.2km-long road is unasphalted (the asphalt stretches only to the last house along ul. Dworcowa). And this part of the road rises along with the embankment built up on either side of the tracks as it approaches the road bridge. Over the past year, the embankment has been properly shored up against erosion, with geogrid and rock. The work was completed in the autumn.
Below: ATTENTION PRIVATE PROPERTY ENTRY PROHIBITED HIGH EMBANKMENT
I call bullshit on that. This isn't private property - it's a right of way (see further down). And numerous footprints and bicycle tracks in the soft ground suggests that local folk are ignoring this.
The word wstęp - as opposed to wjazd - means all forms of entry. Wjazd would only be a prohibition on vehicular access.
Below: here's ul. Dworcowa, Sułkowice in the distance (and you can just about make out where the asphalt starts). You can also see the embankment to the left.
Left: update from one week later (Saturday 18 Feb) - this sign has appeared at the other end of this stretch, by the asphalt. Taken literally, it would prohibit access to homes. But note - this is a warning triangle, not a prohibiting circular 'no entry' sign. One for the lawyers.Below: this is as official a map as you can get in Poland - from the gmina (municipality or commune) of Chynów. The DK50, here named ul. Grójecka, cuts through this section, the railway cuts under it, to the right of the railway runs ul. Dworcowa. All the way down to the main road. Right of way is evident - clear and unambiguous.
Click to enlarge (the red circle marks the location of the offending sign).
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