Repair work on city streets starts in Gyumri

ArmInfo. Repair work on  citystreets starts in Gyumri. Minister of Territorial Administration  and Infrastructures of Armenia Suren Papikyan stated this on his  Facebook page.  Repair work will start as part of the second tranche  of the Gyumri City Streets program, which is being implemented with  financial assistance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and  Development (EBRD). It is reported that within the second tranche 15  streets of the city will be repaired, including Ozanyan, Tumanyan,  Sundukyan, Pushkin, Mayakovsky, Myasnikyan, Atabekyan, etc.  Earlier,  ArmInfo reported that the European Bank for Reconstruction and  Development (EBRD) will provide Armenia with a grant of 4.6 million  euros to continue the program for the restoration of roads and urban  lighting in the second city of Armenia Gyumri.

According to Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan, the funds  will be distributed in tranches. Thus, in the framework of tranche-2,  the republic will receive 2.6 million euros, and within the tranche-3  - 2 million euros. The funds will be used to modernize roads and city  lighting, sewage disposal systems, as well as to develop plans for  the creation of car parks.  The Minister emphasized that the program  has been implemented since 2016, and extensive work has been carried  out over this period.  To recall, the agreement on the implementation  of this grant program was signed on May 11, 2016 in London. According  to the document, a total of EBRD will provide Armenia 14.6 million  euros to improve the network of roads, night lighting systems and  wastewater in the city of Gyumri. As part of the first tranche of the  program, the republic has already received 2.56 million euros.