YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged finishing the construction of the underground car park in Yerevan's Liberty Square in May of this year. After familiarizing himself with the process of construction work, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglarian said on January 23 that the car park is important for easing traffic congestion in the city as the modern three-story car park located under the square is designed for 500 cars. 4 billion 150 million drams will be spent on the car park's construction. "This car park will enable to ease traffic congestion in the city center. We also plan to build several other car parks in Yerevan," the mayor said. Construction work started in the 4th quarter of 2008. According to Tiziano Ronci - Technical Director of Renco Armestate LLC implementing construction work, the best air conditioning, lighting, and safety systems will be installed at the car park. There will be signboards for drivers, as well as elevators for disabled persons. The manucipality will work out a policy and a price-list for users of the car park. The special computerized systems will show how many vacant parking spaces are on each floor and how to use them. The mayor underlined that there will be no stalls at the underground car park and truck drivers will not allowed to park their vehicles there. It was mentioned that after the completion of construction work, the monuments to Hovhannes Tumanian and Alexander Spendiarian will be put in their former places and the square will have its previous appearance. Asphalt work will finish soon. The installation of fire water supply pipes and the interior decoration have been completed, and electrical equipment is currently being installed.

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