YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. 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.

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