Armenia’s president opens overpass, tunnel in Yerevan

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29.12.2007, 03:32

The opening ceremony of an overpass on the Barekamutyun (Friendship) Square and tunnel on the crossroads of Orbeli-Baghramyan took place today in Yerevan.

YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. The opening ceremony of an overpass on the Barekamutyun (Friendship) Square and tunnel on the crossroads of Orbeli-Baghramyan took place today in Yerevan. “I am sure that every year we should realize programs that will make better our capital city,” RA President Robert Kocharian said during the event.

According to the RA President, large-scale construction will continue in Yerevan. “Yerevan is richer than we think,” President Kocharian said.

He believes social programs implemented in Yerevan will help reduce poverty in the city.

According to Yerevan’s Mayor Yervand Zahkaryan, the newly opened transport centers will improve the city traffic. “The new traffic centers
Barghramyan-Kasyan-Kievyan-Baghramyan-Orbeli were designed in the 1980s, but we were able to implement the project only now,” he said. “Our architects have done a tremendous job and have given the Armenian capital an architectural complex built with great responsibility.”

Zakharyan pointed out that the newly built 226km long and nine meters wide overpass on the Barekamutyun Square has seven openings. He believes the overpass will help improve traffic on the crossroads of Baghramyan-Proshyan, Kievyan Street and Komitas Avenue.

AMD 1.8bln ($5.9mln) was allocated from the RA state budget for the traffic centre construction. AMD19.4bln ($63.9mln) was spent for beautification of Yerevan. Z. Sh. –0--

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