NEW BUILDINGS MUST BE CONSTRUCTED INSTEAD OF ONES UNDER OPERATION OF OVER 50 YEARS, YEREVAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 15 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, Yerevan mayor’s office
made an inventory of apartment buildings with the aim of developing a
long-term program on their modernization in the future. Deputy Mayor
of Yerevan Kamo Areyan stated this at the January 15 press conference.

According to him, there are now 4,567 apartment buildings in the city,
20 of which have been operated for 10 years, 665 – for 11-20 years,
1,242 – for 21-30 years, 1,252 – for 31-40 years, 877 – for 41-50
years and 474 apartment buildings – for more than 50 years. In the
words of K. Areyan, it is envisaged to construct new buildings instead
of those operated for more than 50 years.

K. Areyan said that in 2003, studies of accident-prone buildings
in Yerevan were conducted. According to these studies, 86 were
recognized as accident-prone buildings of 3rd degree, and 15 ones –
as accident-prone buildings of 4th degree. The deputy mayor noted that
as of January 2007, 2 million drams (about 5.4 mln USD) was spent to
reinforce 28 third degree accident-prone buildings. Another 8 such
buildings will be reinforced thsi year, for which 620 million drams
has been allocated from the state budget.

It was noted that this year 3 residential buildings will be put into
operation instead of 3 fourth degree accident-prone buildings in
Yerevan’s Ajapniak community.