Poznań. Demolition of the tenement house at Roosevelta Street. Residents return to their homes

The evacuation of over 30 residents was ordered after cracks and structural changes were noticed on the wall of an abandoned tenement house at 8 Roosevelta Street in Poznań on September 13. The District Construction Supervision Inspector issued a decision to demolish the vacant building. Work began on September 19.

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On Friday, the Poznań city hall announced that at 6:30 p.m. the District Construction Supervision Inspector decided that residents of the buildings adjacent to the tenement house that was being demolished would be able to return to their premises. “This decision means that Roosevelta Street will soon be accessible to vehicles. The traffic organization will also change – on Saturday, from the first runs, trams will return to Roosevelta Street, and buses of line 164 – to Kraszewskiego Street,” the release said.

The city hall announced that trams on line number: 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16 and 202. The line will be closed for this 93and from Monday, tram line no. services will be restored 19.

Also from Saturday, the line's buses will return to their routes 169, 171 and 183and the bus line “for the tram” T3 will be liquidated. In turn, from the night from Saturday to Sunday, night buses will return to the route through Roosevelta Street towards the Kaponiera roundabout: 213, 214, 215, 218, 223 and 224.

As previously reported by the Poznań city hall, the tenement house at risk of collapse is private property. In 2022, the city conservator of monuments ordered the building to be secured, but the owner filed an objection to this decision to the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw. The officials emphasized that until the case was finally resolved, the conservator “had no opportunity to conduct further proceedings.”

“Its owner is responsible for the technical condition of the building. Pursuant to Article 5 of the Act on the Protection and Care of Monuments, he should ensure the conditions for securing and maintaining the building in the best possible condition, carrying out conservation, restoration and construction works, and using monument in a way that ensures permanent preservation of its value,” the city's announcement said.