KAMO AREYAN: 2004-2006 PROGRAM OF SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF YEREVASN IMPLEMENTED COMPLETELY

Noyan Tapan
Feb 13 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2004-2007 program
of socioeconomic development of Yerevan has been completely
implemented. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan stated at the February
13 press conference that in 2004-2006, 28 accident-prone buildings
of third degree were reinforced, as well as 10 apartment building
were constructed for residents of accident-prone buildings of fourth
degree subject to demolition. This year another 5 buildings will be
constructed for residents of accident-prone buildings, as well as
work on reinforcement of 8 accident-prone buildings of third degree
will be done. The deputy mayor said that in 2004-2006, the program of
700 mln drams (about 1.9 mln USD) on street lights was implemented,
thanks to which 552 out of the 733 Yerevan streets have lights.

In 2007, work on external lighting will be done in another 98 streets.

According to K. Areyan, repairs of man-holes and rails were done in
2004-2006. Work on improvement of the Hrazdan gorge will be completed
by late 2007. K. Areyan said that the Yerevan mayor’s office will
allocate 2.6 bln drams (about 7.2 mln USD) for major repairs of streets
this year. Tigram Mets, Komitas, Heratsi, Saralanj, Baghramian Streets
will be repaired with resources of the Lincy Foundation in the near
future. 20 million dollars has been allocated for this work.