MASTER PLAN OF SECOND BIGGEST ARMENIAN CITY APPROVED

YEREVAN, MARCH 3. ARMINFO. The Armenian Government approve today the
master plan of Gyumri, the second biggest Armenian city.

Deputy Urban Development Minister Ruzanna Alaverdyan says that the
master plan has been drafted by Armproject on the order of the Shirak
region administration. The plan envisages 220,000 population for
Gyumri. 36 mln AMD has been spent on its drafting.

The Armenian Government has also approved the regional plan of the
Shirak region which says that 17.6% of the region is intensive
development zone housing 73% of the region’s population. 60% is
underdeveloped area, 2% ecological zone. 20.4% are uninhabitable.

The project envisages 521,000 population for Shirak. This region has 3
towns and 116 villages (34 of them on the border).