YEREVAN, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. 79 Bogdan Ukrainian buses have been brought to Yerevan this year and another 50 will be brought by the end of the year. Thus, as Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian said at the December 24 press conference, 307 new buses brought in the last three years will operate in Yerevan starting January 1. Nevertheless, according to the Mayor, the traffic is very busy in Yerevan: "The number of cars increases year by year in Yerevan: 22 thousand cars have been brought in January-August this year, and this number will reach 30 thousand by the end of the year," Y. Zakharian said. In order to avoid problems and to improve the state of the land transport it is envisaged to allocate funds for Yerevan underground's development and to increase the number of its stations in the coming years. By the way, in the Soviet years new underground stations were being built from Barekamutiun station to the Achapniak district and Shiraz street, but the construction work was stopped after the collapse of the USSR. According to Y. Zakharian, probably that work will be resumed in the coming years. Besides, another two new stations will be built in Komitas Avenue. The Mayor also said that at present they negotiate with the World Bank over the issue of financing the above mentioned work.

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