IT IS ENVISAGED PASSING ARMCARSTATION CJSC FOR CONCESSION MANAGEMENT

Noyan Tapan
Oct 29, 2008

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged passing Armcarstation
CJSC, which includes all the car stations, car parks and route
regulation points in Armenia, to a company with an international
experience for concession management. NT correspondent was informed by
the director of Armcarstation Armen Harutyunian that prior to that,
they intend to carry out some work at 31 car parks in order to make
the system more attractive to investors. For this reason structural
changes are underway at the company.

Some improvement will also be made soon at the expense of the company.

As for the car station system, A. Harutyunian described its state
as quite poor: in some cities, car parks do not function. There
are no conditions for normal provision of services to drivers and
passengers. In particular, satisfactory hygiene and sanitary conditions
are absent, the fire prevention norms are violated. Public catering
facilities do not operate, and before departure, cars do not undergo
a checkup.

There are 17 route regulation points in Armenia, mainly in the
capital city.

A. Harutyunian said that the problem here is that most of them are
located in areas not permitted by the government. Besides, according to
some checks, vehicles are sent by their routes without being registered
at the respective route regulation service. The ticket sale order is
violated, and preliminary sales of tickets are not organized. Measures
are being taken to legalize the operation of route regulation points:
they are being moved either to the areas of car stations or to sites
permitted by the government.

It was mentioned that in the past month Armcarstation paid off its
debt of 29 million drams.