Jakubianska Road reopens to local users

The newly reconstructed Jakubianska Road has reopened to local users, providing access to forest lands within the cadastral boundary of Jakubany, a village in northeastern Slovakia. Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš and Director of Military Forests and Estates of the Slovak Republic (VLM SR) Branch Kežmarok Michal Dudák handed over the road for use at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today (22 Oct 2019). Reconstruction works to the road were carried out by VLM SR, a state-owned company, as the authority responsible for the road.

Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “As well as providing access to land owners and tenants of land, the new road will facilitate the development of forestry by broadening the possibilities for the use of forestry vehicles and equipment and allow firefighting and rescue services to better access the area in the event of an incident response.” With this move, Minister Gajdoš further said, the MOD has been cooperative towards the best interests of the original owners of land in the former Javorina Military District.

Director of VLM SR Branch Kežmarok Michal Dudák said: “Reconstruction works to the road started in September 2018 and covered repairing the road and completing the construction of wood storage points.”