YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Master Plan of Yerevan has an environmental orientation so all further measures and actions based on the Master Plan are aimed at improving the ecological situation in the capital city, the Chief Architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielian said at the February 9 press conference. According to him, in order to have an ecologically clean city, it is necessary first of all to reconstruct its districts. Such work is now being done in Main Avenue and the area adjacent to the Wine Plant. The chief architect announced that the Kond district's reconstruction project has already been developed and will be presented for discussion by late February. Besides, the inventory of 61 areas has been made, and reconstruction will start there in the coming months. The second important problem related to improvement of the ecological situation in Yerevan is, in the words of S. Danielian, functional unloading of the center of the city. It is envisaged turning Yerevan into a proportionally developed city in the next years - based on the zoning projects. In particular some functions will be transferred from the center to other areas of Yerevan. Besides, it is planned to build centers of city importance on highways into Yerevan and out of it. It is also envisaged creating an international center in Noragyugh, an area adjacent to the center, where offices of international organizations and diplomatic missions will be located, while residents of this area will be moved to newly-constructed buildings.

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