About Br1 trillion in investments needs to be attracted to the construction industry of Vitebsk in 2010 - A.Kosinetz

December 18, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. About Br1 trillion in investments need to be attracted to Vitebsk's construction industry in 2010, including about Br500 billion to be directed to housing construction. This task was set today by the chairman of the regional executive committee, Alexander Kosinets, speaking at a session of the regional council of deputies, according to a BELTA correspondent.

These funds are necessary to complete the construction of a number of socially significant facilities, including social infrastructure. Next year, it is planned to commission the railway station, the first phase of the "Marko-City" business center, the "BelVitunipharm" pharmaceutical enterprise, the morphological building of the Vitebsk State Medical University, the Holy Assumption Cathedral, and the second phase of the Smolensk Kolkhoz Market. In addition, a large amount of work is to be done at healthcare facilities, including regional medical institutions, and the construction of a secondary school in the new Bilevo-1 microdistrict is to be completed. "As a result, the regional center should acquire a completely different appearance and internal content," emphasized Alexander Kosinets.

A large volume of housing construction is to be carried out in the new residential microdistricts Bilevo-1, -2, as well as in the promising housing development areas Bilevo-3, -4 and the Sokolniki microdistrict. The total construction volume at these sites is estimated at 1 million square meters of housing, which will accommodate up to 120,000 people in the future.

In total, in the region in 2010, the volume of housing construction should amount to 720 thousand square meters. Alexander Kosinets demanded that the design and estimate documentation for the facilities to be commissioned in 2010 be prepared by the beginning of next year. In addition, construction organizations will need to increase their workforce by 2,000 people. To fulfill the ambitious plans, enterprises in the industry will also have to change their work style, increasing organization, production discipline, and the quality of work performed, added the chairman of the regional executive committee.

Based on the results of 2009, it is planned to commission 590 thousand square meters of residential area in the region. -0-