ArmInfo.A tender for the construction of the new Ajapnyak metro station will be announced this year. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan announced at the meeting of the cabinet of ministers on January 18.
As Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan mentioned, the issue of construction of Ajapyak metro station will be discussed at the meeting of the investment committee under the government in the near future, after which the project will be approved at the government meeting and a tender for preparatory works will be announced.
According to Avinyan, the construction project is completely ready and is undergoing examination. After passing a comprehensive examination, the mayor's office hopes to discuss the project at the next meeting of the investment committee under the government.
"I hope that this year we will even begin construction work. If we maintain the current pace, I am confident that we will complete construction in four years, as planned," said the capital's mayor.
At the end of November 2021, it was reported that the leading Russian Metrogiprotrans company won the tender announced by the Yerevan Municipality for the design of the Ajapnyak metro station in the administrative district of the same name in Yerevan. The total length of the station will be about 1.5 km. It is also planned to build a bridge (across the Hrazdan Rive, ed. note). According to the forecasts of the city authorities, along with the operation of the Ajapnyak station, the passenger flow of the metro will increase by 22% and will significantly lighten the load on the Davidashen and Kyiv bridges.
Earlier, RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan announced that 4 billion drams are planned to be allocated for the implementation of the project in the draft of the 2024 state budget of Armenia. The minister reminded that funds were allocated from the state budget in 2021-2022 for the development of project estimates for the new station, the work of which will be completed at the end of 2023. According to Hovhannisyan, construction works will start next year.
