YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN . In 2006 Yerevan Mayor's Office did work of 72 bln drams (about 197 mln USD) or by 6.1% more than envisaged. Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian said at the December 25 press conference that work of 57 bln 608 mln drams was done by state budget resources, that of 5 bln 771.7 mln drams - at the expense of community budgets, the rest - from other financing sources. In his words, work of 580 mln drams was done in North Avenue at the expense of state budget and work of 600 mln drams - at the expense of other financing sources. The design work of reconstructing Aram-Byuzand Streets and a new highway connecting Heratsi and A. Avetisian Streets was completed. According to the mayor, within the framework of the Master Plan's measures, the project of territorial mapping of Yerevan aglomeration and the design of reconstruction of interstate highways connecting the city with adjacent marzes were implemented. Y. Zakharian said that work of 11 bln 236 mln drams was done this year by the mayor's office and the communities in the sphere of construction, improvement and municipal economy. Based on it, studies of the technical state of 86 accident-prone buildings and strengtening of 8 accident-prone buildings of third degree were conducted. External lighting of 16 streets and asphalt laying of 600 thousand square meters was also implemented this year. The reconstruction of Isakov Street was finished, for which 2 bln 390.9 mln drams was allocated, as well as the reconstruction of Terian Street (602.9 mln drams). Yerevan's Mayor said that 86 bln 324 mln drams will be allocated from the state budget for programs' implementation next year. In 2007 reconstruction of Komitas and Tigran the Great Streets by resources of the Lincy Foundation, as well as capital repairs of 5 schools will be completed.

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