YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. This year it is envisaged to bring 150 medium-capacity "Bogdan" buses and 20 trolleybuses to Yerevan. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Ashot Sahakian, the Head of the Transport Department of Yerevan Mayor's Office, thus, by the end of the year the number of the medium-capacity buses, which run in the capital, will be about 450 and the number of trolleybuses 65-70. In A. Sahakian's words, in 2008-2010 it is envisaged to replace the micro-buses by buses and to decrease the number of about 3200 micro-buses, which run at present, up to 1500 during the coming three years for improving the sphere of public transport of Yerevan. And the bus park will be increased by 700-800 buses by 2010. Besides, according to the department head, 20 trolleybuses will be annually brought to Yerevan by 2011. Thus, the number of trolleybuses' routes will be increased. A. Sahakian said that repair of electric-feed nets will be implemented parallel with bringing trolleybuses. This year it is envisaged to repair the electric-feed nets of Mashtots and Grigor Lusavorich streets. Touching upon the stop pavilions, A. Sahakian said that in total 210 stop pavilions were placed in the capital in 2006-2007. This year another 83 stop pavilions will be placed in Yerevan with the 137 million drams (nearly 449 thousand USD) allocated from the state budget and in 2008 the placing work of the stop pavilions will be completely finished. A. Sahakian emphasized that this year new traffic lights will be placed on 27 crossroads of the capital with the 300 million drams allocated from the state budget. At the same time it was mentioned that at present negotiations are underway with the World Bank (WB) aimed at introducing new automated traffic light system in the capital. The department head also said that by the development program of the Yerevan underground this year it is envisaged to repair the escalators of the underground stations and the wagons with 1.7 billion drams allocated from the state budget.

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