SHIRAK PROVINCE TO GET 850 MILLION DRAMS FOR ROAD REPAIR

GYUMRI, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS:Some 370 million Drams will be released by the government this year for a major repair of a road from Gyumri, the center of the northwestern province of Shirak, to Kaps and Amasia. The government will also fund major repairs of a 3 km-long road from Anushavan to Artik and a 4 km-long road from Spandarian to Arevshat. Martin Tonoyan, head of a department in charge of financial and social- economic issues at the local governor’s office, said overall some 850 million Drams will be released this year for repair of provincial roads. Also 65 million Drams will be allocated for routine maintenance of roads this year, as much as in 2007.