More than Br1.2 trillion is planned to be allocated in 2010 for the development of the economy and social sphere of Vitebsk

December 29, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. In 2010, it is planned to allocate more than Br1.2 trillion for the development of the economy and social sphere of Vitebsk. This was announced by the chairman of the city executive committee Viktor Nikolaikin today at a session of the city council of deputies, according to a BELTA correspondent. A significant volume of investment will be required to complete work on a number of socially significant facilities in the regional center. The city will commission a school and a kindergarten in the new Bilevo microdistrict, the Palace of Justice, the second phase of the morphological building and the library of the medical university. Considerable work is to be done on healthcare facilities, including those under the regional administration. The improvement of the square on Lenin Square, the construction of piers and the deepening of the fairway of the Western Dvina River, the reconstruction of Gagarin Street and other transport arteries of the regional center will be continued. In the coming year, it is planned to allocate significant funds for current and capital repairs of the housing stock, and the volume of housing construction should amount to 270 thousand square meters. For 11 months of 2009, the volume of investments in the industrial and social infrastructure of the city amounted to more than Br862 billion. This year, work on 30 projects provided for by the city's infrastructure development program has been completed, with over Br327 billion allocated for their implementation. 154 thousand square meters of housing have been commissioned, or 73.4% of the annual target. -0-