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STATE BODIES HELPESS AGAINST AREA APPROPRIATION RAID?

Politics


The parliament held hearings on “Urbanization and Transportation Issues in Yerevan” today with the mayor of Yerevan, Ministers of Communication and Transport, Urbanization and Environmental Protection. Not one of the ministers had rejected the invitation.

RA Deputy Minister of Urbanization, RA Chief Architect Narek Sargsyan, chief architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielyan and Deputy Minister of Communication and Transport David Yeritsyan made their speeches and answered questions raised by NGOs and interested parties. The speech made by David Yeritsyan did not correspond to reality and many deputies paid no attention, yet it was the issue of utmost importance-road junctions and transportation in Yerevan.

However, deputies listened attentively to Narek Sargsyan and asked him most of the questions, despite the fact that the city council is mainly responsible for issues concerning urbanization.

Architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielyan evaded talking about greeneries or tree-cutting, permission for construction of multi-story buildings in inappropriate places and preferred to talk about road junctions and the newly remodeled streets. Meanwhile, there are a number of issues concerning architecture.

In her speech, organizer of the hearings, ARF deputy Lilit Galstyan recalled that by the July 15, 2005 decision of the mayor of Yerevan, the altitude of buildings constructed near Republic Square must be limited “so that the buildings surrounding the square would not cast shadows.” Galstyan complained about the high-story buildings constructed near the square and the situation on Mastots street. Even state structures are helpless against the area appropriation raid. “The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can’t be seen due to the construction going on near the building.”

This and other complaints brought up by other deputies remained unanswered. Narek Sargsyan is not competent to give answers to the construction going on in the city today and it wasn’t in the interest of Samvel Danielyan to recall their questions and give answers.

The allusion made to the construction going on behind the Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to Deputy and contractor of the construction Melik Gasparyan. Galust Sahakyan was present from the Republican Party because the parliament was going to discuss issues concerning transportation.

Among participants of the hearings were members of the “Heritage” party and the ARF.