The article is discussing about the communication availability of rural gminas in metropolitan areas. The survey includes analysis of the communication availability in Łódź Metropolitan Area. The communication availability of these local governments lets them to build the their competitiveness. The article is also presenting the level of socio-economic development of rural gminas of Łódź Met-ropolitan Area. The growth indicator was created with the taxonomical measure of development proposed by Hellwig. This method allows for lining local units up using the presented level of development. The next step is creating rankings of this measure which can be subject of in-depth analysis. According to assumptions of UE programs rural areas should develop as a whole multifunctional area. The infrastructure and multifunctional development affect on attraction of rural areas particularly in metropolitan areas. It refers both the communication availability of the gmina and providing with the appropriate service quality for local community. It must be combined with the widely comprehended technical infrastructure and institutional infrastructure. The method presented in the article, show the rural gminas with highest socio-economic development using the communication availability as one of measures of this aspect. The article is also an attempt at comparing rankings of the ...
According to law regulations about communal council (government), public roads, streets, bridges, squares and road traffic are the duty of the commune as own tasks of commune . Village-mayor (mayor, city president) is an administrator (manager) of communal roads. Passing roads to proper category of municipal roads is followed by resolution of municipal council after consultation with apro-priate district administration. Communal roads construction and communal roads maintenance imply large costs which charge the budget of commune. Costs related with communal roads are such as those associated with land of public transport overtaking (overtaking for compensation), construction of road and maintenance of road (e.g. pavement repair, snow removal, etc.).Parcels allocated for new public roads or for widening existing public roads become (according to law regulations) public bodies properties [with the date on which decision of property division became final or with the date of entry into force of the resolution of municipal council of land consolidation and division]. Besides, each commune should also guarantee communication availability for invested areas or areas planned for building in local plans of spatial development. The paper presents problems concerning commune tasks with reference to communal roads. Afterwards ...
