Company for construction of ‘’Ajapnyak’’ metro station in Yerevan to be selected in 2025

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YEREVAN, November 4. /ARKA/. The company that will undertake the construction of the ‘’Ajapnyak’’ metro station in Yerevan will be selected in 2025, said the capital's mayor Tigran Avinyan./pp

The project for the ‘’Ajapnyak’’ metro station is undergoing a comprehensive review; the construction of such large projects and the preparatory work involved require a certain amount of time. Most likely, within the next year, we will have a company that will be recognized as the winner of the tender for construction, he stated in parliament./pp

Aneta Babayan, Advisor to the Mayor of Yerevan, noted in early October that the design and estimate documentation for the construction of the new, 11th station of the Yerevan metro, Ajapnyak, was already complete.nbsp;/pp

The draft state budget for 2025 has earmarked approximately 9.6 billion drams (about $24.6 million) for the construction of this station, and discussions are underway regarding cooperation with the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, as well as a number of other donors./pp

It was previously reported that the total cost of constructing the Ajapnyak metro station is preliminarily estimated at around $50 million. T/pp

Last year, the Russian Metrogiprotrans was announced the winner of anbsp;tender for the design of the new station.nbsp;/pp

The Achapnyak Metro station is to connect the administrative district of the same name with the Barekamutyun station, significantly relieving the heavy traffic in the city./pp

The Yerevan Metronbsp;launched in 1981 runs on a 13.4 kilometer line and currently serves 10 active stations.nbsp;-0-/pp nbsp;-0-/p