“Bottomless well”. PiS attacks the FALA system and calls the Supreme Audit Office for help

Law and Justice MP Kacper Płażyński requested the Supreme Audit Office to conduct an audit of the local government company InnoBaltica, responsible for the FALA system. The politician wants the Supreme Audit Office to examine the advisability, legality and cost-effectiveness of the entire project.

The FALA system is a tool for planning trips and paying for public transport in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

During Tuesday's press conference, Płażyński said that the system “didn't work from the beginning” and his costs – taking into account expenses planned for 2026 – will exceed PLN 300 million. He added that this amount may continue to increase.

This is a bottomless pit that drains our pockets and makes public transport – as shown by the transport results in Tricity – less and less attractive to the inhabitants of our voivodeship. That is why today we are submitting an application to the Supreme Audit Office to check the expediency, cost-effectiveness and reliability of activities related to the launch of the system, said the MP.

Dispute over millions for Pomeranian transport

In his letter to the Supreme Audit Office, Płażyński asks whether what FALA offers to passengers is adequate to the costs incurred by local governments. In support of the application, Płażyński indicated, among others: for delays in the implementation of WALI, technical problems, as well as low ratings of the mobile application (1.1 out of 5 possible points).

Both representatives of InnoBaltica and the spokesman of the Marshal's Office did not want to comment on the request for inspection.

Previously, the region's authorities defended the system as a necessary investment in modern public transport. On the occasion of the regional council's vote on increasing the financing of FALI in September last year, Vice-Marshal Marcin Skwierawski emphasized in an interview with PAP that time is needed for the system to be fully understandable and stable. He noted that the local government does not plan to withdraw from the project. He added that it is impossible to build a modern region without modern, integrated public transport.

InnoBaltica representatives, in turn, emphasized that the system is gradually being developed and stabilized, and the number of users is growing.

According to the company's data, in 2025, nearly 830,000 people used the FALA system. people who bought over 5.5 million tickets with a total value exceeding PLN 82 million.

The company also states that currently over 70,000 products are sold through the system. tickets per day, and in some cities – such as Gdańsk – FALA is already responsible for the vast majority of public transport ticket sales. (PAP)

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