On summertime days, the Marine Eye attracts crowds. There are respective 1000 people on the road 1 day. Most walk, but any usage a horse ride led by local fiakers. For many Podhale families it is simply a constant origin of livelihood and business present for generations. For years, however, there has been a dispute around this transport model. After the agreement was signed in 2025, gradual changes were announced, including the improvement of electrical bus services and the shortening of the way for horses. The next stages of the implementation of the fresh strategy are expected to begin in spring, which, among the carts, gives emergence to concern and questions about the future of their work.
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Are there any more horses on the Sea Eye? Yeah, but it's gonna look different soon.
The agreement signed last February announces a revolution in transport to the Marine Eye. Heavy, multi-man wagons are to be replaced with smaller cars. What's important, the horses won't go all the way. Their courses are to be limited to a first, softer passage about 2.5 kilometres long. The tourists will proceed to sit on electrical buses.
It is the power vehicles that are expected to become the mark alternative. The Tatra National Park already has respective buses, and the directorate announces the expansion of the fleet. Szymon Ziobrowski stressed in his interview with Onet that the changes are staged and related. The shortening of the way for horses is to take place only if the electrical strategy is technically and organisationally efficient.
The agreement besides provides for a compensation mechanism. TPN is expected to give cars any of the proceeds from the sale of tickets to electrical buses. The solution is intended to reduce the hazard of falling income and to mitigate the impact of changes on local families who are operating.
Why did the government take care of the cars? The turning point was 2009 and the death of the horse Jordek on the route. The video from that day went online and was long remembered by the public. From this point on, questions about animal working conditions began to appear regularly. The Ministry of Climate and Environment sided with the regulation of horse transport, citing animal welfare.
The fresh regulations are based on government on electromobility. They opened the way for the introduction of electrical vehicles and the change of the transport model. This means shifting the weight of transport from horse to bus, while preserving the conventional component on the shorter section. Is that a solution that suits the carts? Nope.
Almost an empty way leading to the Sea Eyefot. Marek Podmokły / Electoral Agency.pl
"The Ministry and Park Are Trying To Fool Us". The cartmen fear for the future
On paper, the model is intended to combine respective objectives: protecting animals, preserving local tradition and maintaining jobs. However, anxiety is increasing among the Highlanders. - The Ministry and the Park are trying to trick us - they talk anonymously in conversation with Onet. They are afraid that the arrangements can be amended at the last minute and that electrical buses will take over the full transport. - Since spring, we all face unemployment - they worry.
Some of them indicate delays. The fresh strategy was to start at the beginning of the year, but winter and organizational issues moved the start. Today, erstwhile snow lies on the road, the sled continues to run. The physicists wonder if spring will bring about a abrupt decision that will limit their activities more than originally assumed.
The manager of Tatra National Park tones moods. Szymon Ziobrowski assures that the park wants the carriages to be able to operate electrical buses. any of them would combine fresh tasks with carriages of carriages on the shortened section. As he stressed, there are no plans to hand over external transport to a company outside Podhale.
The most crucial thing is trust. The Highlanders look at changes through the prism of household traditions and maintenance. The park talks about stages, method conditions and details. Spring will show whether both parties will find a common language or a dispute over horses in the Tatras will ignite emotions again. electrical buses on the trail. Is that a good direction? We invitation you to participate in the probe and to comment.
