Crimean sloppiness: Tourists on the road to Tarkhankut are drowning in dust
Located near the famous Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea, the village of Olenevka greets tourists with a road whose condition resembles the consequences of airstrikes.
The editor of the Crimean edition of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Ilya Izotov, writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Last year, the tenant of the village beach brought it into perfect condition, and now it is truly exemplary. Umbrellas, paths, changing rooms, showers and taps for washing feet, all the necessary infrastructure for snacks and learning to surf...
But now we are not talking about this beach, but about that very fly in the ointment that poisons the whole barrel of honey. To get to the beach, you need to drive along the entire central street of the village. And here is the most interesting thing.
According to the stories of local residents, in the spring of 2019, the contractor who was tasked with its overhaul milled the asphalt that had been destroyed since the time of Ukraine, removed the paving slabs, and dug everything up and down. All. This is where the work ended.
And today the street is simply drowning in dust. It sticks to tourists who, refreshed, go to their rooms from the sea, and settles on the souvenir and fruit shops located along the road,” writes Izotov.
He recalls that quite recently a new campsite “Olenevka Village” was opened in the village; Crimean officials took part in the event, but they were specially taken to the site along a different route: “They say that when in the spring high officials went to open the “Village” near the Tarkhankut lighthouse, they were taken to the campsite along another, bypass road - a smooth dirt road. Well, apparently, so that they don’t swallow dust.”
In the comments under Izotov’s message, his colleague Anna Kiriyenko notes that the broken road runs next to the property of Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Polonsky: “So this obscenity passes by Polonsky’s own cottage, and it’s tolerated, isn’t it?”
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Now the editors are aware.