Medium-sized FUA with relatively low complexity. The FUA includes the following local government units: the commune of the City of Leszno, Rydzyna commune, Osieczna commune, Święciechowa commune, Lipno commune.
Leszno FUA in numbers:
| Population: | 98 737 |
| Number of municipalities (gminy): | 5 |
| Area (square kilometers): | 535 |
| Number of localites: | 86 |
The region is located in the south-western part of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship. The most important advantages of the region are its location, developed agricultural economy and tourist and leisure attractiveness.
Documents and strategies in place:
- Sustainable development plan for public transport for Wielkopolska Voivodeship
- Low Emission Economy Plan with elements of the Urban Mobility Plan for the City of Leszno
- Low-Emission Economy Plan of the Święciechowa Municipality for the years 2022–2027
- Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, attached to the Low-Emission Economy Plan of the Lipno Municipality
The future SUMP will have to be consistent with the aforementioned documents.
Main stakeholders:
| Local Authorities and Local government units implementing a joint supra-local strategy | Integrated Territorial Investments of the Leszno Functional Area, bringing together the Partners: the City of Leszno, the Leszno County, the Municipality of Święciechowa, the Town and Municipality of Rydzyna, the Town and Municipality of Osieczna, and the Municipality of Lipno. |
| Road or railway managing authorities | Leszno: President of the City of Leszno Święciechowa: In the Święciechowa municipality, the roads are managed by the Mayor, the County Road Authority, and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. Lipno: Municipal roads – the Mayor of Lipno, county roads – Leszno County Road Authority, regional roads – the Greater Poland Regional Road Authority. Osieczna: National roads in the Osieczna municipality are managed by the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, regional roads by the Regional Road Authority in Poznań, county roads by the County Road Authority in Leszno, and municipal roads by the Mayor of Osieczna. Wielkopolski Regional Road Authority in Poznań General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways – Poznań Branch PKP PLK S.A. (PKP) |
| NGOs | Youth Council of Leszno Leszno-Region Association |
| Educational institutions | Applied Sciences Academy in Leszno – Logistics Program |
| Business and institutions | Leszno Business Center Sp. z o.o. Leszno building Cluster Leszno Energy Cluster Logistic Center Grześkowiak T&T Proenergy – Photovoltaic Installations |
| Residents – community leaders | Residents’ representatives |
Characteristics of the Transport System:
- Equality and accessibility are ensured to a high degree in the city of Leszno, but in rural areas on the outskirts of the municipalities, there are localities with poor access to public transportation and an insufficient number of connections to their municipal capitals and to Leszno.
- The transport system consists of urban, regional bus and rail transport.
Needs of the Functional Area:
- Construction of a multimodal hub
- Increasing modern rolling stock
- Functional connections in LOF
- Construction of roads and bicycle paths
- Passenger information system (electric boards)
- Tariff integration
- Buffer car parks
- Collision-free crossings over railway tracks (northern and southern)
- Development of economic activity zones for investment
- Strengthen communication with stakeholders
- Arrangement of the layout of local streets in peripheral areas. primarily residential widening. Addition of sidewalks. Pavement improvement.
Institutional capacity assessment:
- Cooperation within the FUA was assessed as very good. The leader is the Development Department of the Leszno City Hall, which coordinates the preparation of the SUMP. Together with other organizational units, they have experience in preparing strategic and planning documents, as well as obtaining external funds – domestic and foreign ones. The Leszno City Hall has adequate staff and specialized city units.
Interesting facts:
- The terrain of the Leszno region is diverse and is distinguished by a large share of attractive forests and wooded areas.
- Leszno and the region are famous for cycling, with one of the largest networks of bicycle paths.