MUNICIPALITY TO ENLARGE GREEN SPACES IN YEREVAN

ARKA
Sep 9, 2008

YEREVAN, September 9. /ARKA/. Armenian Government will earmark AMD
500 million ($1.7 million) from the state budget for enlarging green
spaces in Yerevan, Avet Martirosyan, chief of the municipality’s
environment unit, said at a press conference on Monday.

He said all calculations will be completed by late September and the
program will be launched in spring.

Martirosyan said that the program targets Yerevan districts of
Shengavit, Erebouni, Achapnyak and Kentron.

He said green spaces will be enlarged by 150 hectares.

Martirosyan said that 26,000 trees and 25,000 bushes were planted in
the capital in spring 2008.

"This enlarged green areas by 60 hectares, of which more than 50
percent in Shengavit", he said.

The municipality official also said that trees will be planted also
now. As a result, total number of planted threes will reach 110,000
and bushes 35,000.

The city authorities are planning to enlarge green spaces by 100
hectares in 2008.