The construction of two new schools and a polyclinic is planned for 2013 under the investment program of the Vitebsk region
Over Br680 billion will be allocated from the budget in 2013 for the implementation of the investment program of the Vitebsk region, the construction and architecture committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
The regional investment program is designed to rationally use budget funds allocated for investments in fixed assets. It will ensure the commissioning of key social facilities this year, strengthen the material and technical base of social services and housing and communal services. One of the most important tasks that the program will help solve is reducing the volume of unfinished construction exceeding normal limits. Great attention will be paid to further increasing housing construction volumes and providing residential areas with infrastructure in accordance with social standards.
More than half of the planned funding is expected to be directed to housing and communal services and housing construction, including the state program "Clean Water". Over Br100 billion is planned to be allocated for education needs. A swimming pool at secondary school No. 2 in Novolukoml, a school for 1020 students in the Bilovo-2 microdistrict in Vitebsk, and a basic general education school in the village of Litusovo, Sennensky district, will be built with budget funds.
Over Br110 billion is envisaged by the investment program for the construction of a polyclinic in the Yug-7 microdistrict of the regional center, the reconstruction of the therapeutic building of the regional children's hospital, and the completion of the construction of the central district hospital in Miory, as well as for other healthcare facilities.
Sports facilities are also included in the regional investment program, with over Br40 billion allocated for their construction and reconstruction. The completion of the construction of the Ice Palace in Orsha, the Palace of Game Sports in Polotsk, the water and health center in Dokshitsy, and the ski-roller track in Gorodok will be financed from the budget. The program also provides for the restoration and reconstruction of the Holy Spirit Convent, a monument of 19th-century architecture – the former Bernardine monastery building in Dubrovno. The bus station in Gorodok will be reconstructed.