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NEW UNDERGROUND STATIONS ENVISAGED TO BE BUILT IN YEREVAN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE STATE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Noyan Tapan
Dec 24 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. 79 Bogdan Ukrainian buses have
been brought to Yerevan this year and another 50 will be brought by
the end of the year. Thus, as Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian said
at the December 24 press conference, 307 new buses brought in the
last three years will operate in Yerevan starting January 1.
Nevertheless, according to the Mayor, the traffic is very busy in
Yerevan: "The number of cars increases year by year in Yerevan:
22 thousand cars have been brought in January-August this year,
and this number will reach 30 thousand by the end of the year,"
Y. Zakharian said.
In order to avoid problems and to improve the state of the land
transport it is envisaged to allocate funds for Yerevan underground's
development and to increase the number of its stations in the coming
years. By the way, in the Soviet years new underground stations
were being built from Barekamutiun station to the Achapniak district
and Shiraz street, but the construction work was stopped after the
collapse of the USSR. According to Y. Zakharian, probably that work
will be resumed in the coming years. Besides, another two new stations
will be built in Komitas Avenue.
The Mayor also said that at present they negotiate with the World
Bank over the issue of financing the above mentioned work.
Noyan Tapan
Dec 24 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. 79 Bogdan Ukrainian buses have
been brought to Yerevan this year and another 50 will be brought by
the end of the year. Thus, as Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian said
at the December 24 press conference, 307 new buses brought in the
last three years will operate in Yerevan starting January 1.
Nevertheless, according to the Mayor, the traffic is very busy in
Yerevan: "The number of cars increases year by year in Yerevan:
22 thousand cars have been brought in January-August this year,
and this number will reach 30 thousand by the end of the year,"
Y. Zakharian said.
In order to avoid problems and to improve the state of the land
transport it is envisaged to allocate funds for Yerevan underground's
development and to increase the number of its stations in the coming
years. By the way, in the Soviet years new underground stations
were being built from Barekamutiun station to the Achapniak district
and Shiraz street, but the construction work was stopped after the
collapse of the USSR. According to Y. Zakharian, probably that work
will be resumed in the coming years. Besides, another two new stations
will be built in Komitas Avenue.
The Mayor also said that at present they negotiate with the World
Bank over the issue of financing the above mentioned work.