Postavy and Tolochin districts changed their borders for those in need of housing improvement

March 18, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The cities of Postavy and Tolochin have changed their borders for those in need of housing improvement. The decision to change the borders of the city of Postavy and the Shirkovsky village council of the Postavy district, and the city of Tolochin and the Tolochinsky village council was made today at the session of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies, BELTA correspondent reports. The area of Postavy and Tolochin has increased by 30.23 hectares and 67 hectares, respectively. The need to adopt this decision is dictated by the interests of people registered as needing housing improvement and wishing to build individual residential houses. Thus, in Postavy, there are 1640 families on the housing waiting list. Thanks to the decision made, 200 new land plots for individual developers will be formed in the city. This year, local authorities plan to complete the construction of engineering infrastructure facilities in the districts of individual development. Thanks to the expansion of Tolochin's borders, an additional 300 land plots for individual construction will be created, which will satisfy the needs of all those wishing to build an individual residential house. There are 816 citizens on the waiting list for housing improvement in Tolochin. In 2010, it is necessary to build and commission 850 thousand square meters of total housing area in the Vitebsk region. At least 80% of all housing under construction in cities must be built for citizens in need of housing improvement. -0-