ArmInfo.The first two stages of the construction of the Ajapnyak subway station will be financed from the funds reimbursed to the city budget for the damage caused.
On April 28, at a government meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the practical stage of the construction of the Ajapnyak subway station had begun. "A tender was announced for the design of a subway station. There is already a winner, and today the issue of financing is being discussed," he said.
At first it was planned to take a government decision on this issue, but the situation has changed. "The government should finance the construction. However, we recently saw that, within the framework of one of the criminal cases, the city budget was compensated for damage in the amount of about 850 million drams (about $ 1.8 million). During the discussions, it was decided that the amount at the first stage, 750 million drams, will be directed to these purposes", Pashinyan explained, specifying that the criminal case is connected with the activities of the Parking City Service.
Yerevan Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan, in turn, replied that the project would be implemented in 510 days, and maybe even earlier. "The project will be implemented in three stages. With these funds, we will be able to finance the first two stages. At the same time, I would like to ask for your instructions so that we can start raising funds for the third stage of the project from now on," the mayor of the capital said. .
According to him, today there are problems in the subway. For many years, there were no capital investments, and the organization itself is subsidized by the state. "The cost of transportation of one passenger is estimated at 213 drams, without taking into account capital expenditures. I ask for your instructions in order to solve other technical problems," he said.
The total cost of the station may be about $50 million. The issue of attracting investment projects to reduce the cost of the program is being discussed with the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) ).
At the end of November 2021, it was reported that the leading Russian Metrogiprotrans company has won a tender announced by the Yerevan Municipality for the development of the Ajapnyak subway station in the same name administrative district of the Armenian capital. As former Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan of Yerevan pointed out, the preliminary version of the project envisages the construction of a bridge across the Hrazdan (river, ed. note) only for the subway, while Metrogiprotrans also proposes to build a second level for cars or pedestrians. As the interlocutors pointed out, the construction of an underground subway station is preferable, since it is much more convenient for people using the subway and allows the development of various infrastructures. President of the Board of Directors of Metrogiprotrans Valery Abramson, proposed to the Armenian government a project for the development of a subway worth $ 500 million. "The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) is ready to support the program on favorable terms. With these funds, we will be able to modernize the infrastructure of the old subway, as well as plan those sections of the city towards which the stations can be expanded," Abramson said.
Earlier it was reported that if the loan agreement with EXIAR is approved, construction work will last about 1.5 years. According to the city authorities' plan, the path to the new subway station with a length of 525 meters should pass through a tunnel, the construction of which began in Soviet times and remained unfinished. Then the Ajapnyak station remained unfinished, in the project its continuation from the Davitashen district on the north-western outskirts of the city.
