ACCORDING TO YEREVAN MAYOR, 2008 TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL CITY
NOYAN TAPAN
Dec 23, 2008
YEREVAN
The year 2008 will have a significant impact on development of
Yerevan due to Armenia’s economic development and large-scale urban
development programs being implemented in the capital city, mayor of
Yerevan Yervand Zakharian stated at the December 22 press conference.
According to him, this year the mayor’s office has done work of
168.5 bln drams (about 561.6 mln USD), with work of 115 bln drams
being done with state budgetary resources and work of 53 bln drams –
with community budgets’ resources and private investments.
Work done in construction, improvement and munisipal economy of
Yerevan amounted to 17 bln 94.7 mln drams this year. In particular,
ten 3rd-degree accident-prone apartment buildings were reinforced,
and two apartment buildings were built and put into operation for
residents of 4th-degree accident-prone buildings. In the words of the
mayor, in this way the problem of moving the residents of 4th-degree
accident-prone buildings to new buildings was solved. He added that in
2009-2010 the problem of moving residents of 4th-degree accident-prone
dormitories to new buildings will also be solved.
The mayor stated that this year the construction of Saralanj highway
and the transport node at the intersection of Heratsi, Koryun,
Nalbandian and Charents Streets finished. Y. Zakharian announced that
the road section from Nork-Marash district to Sari Tagh district will
be put into operation soon.
Besides, street sections of 340 thousand square meters were covered
with asphalt, and work on outdoor lighting of 17 streets was done.
Speaking about the urban development zones, Y. Zakharian announced
that urban development work has begun in Kond and 33rd districts. An
area of about 3 ha was already demolished in Kond, while construction
of the first building for residents will start in January 2009.