In Polotsk, the housing queue may be eliminated in 3 years - A. Poznyak

April 25, Minsk /BELTA/. The waiting list for housing in Polotsk may be eliminated within three years. This was announced by the Chairman of the Polotsk City Executive Committee, Alexander Poznyak, during an online conference on the website of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency. "Currently, residents who have been on the waiting list since 2008-2009 are being accommodated. That is, the waiting list is not large – just over 7,000 people. In principle, at the current pace of construction, I believe we can eliminate the waiting list within a maximum of three years. This is not a problem, because we have the construction capacity, the main thing is for people to have the opportunity to build," Alexander Poznyak noted. Polotsk is being built quite intensively. Last year, over 40,000 sq.m. of housing were built. Approximately the same volume is planned for construction in 2012. Of this, multi-story housing accounts for about 23,000 sq.m. "We are now focusing on developing individual housing construction much more intensively, so that people can have their own homes. We have plots for this, information about them is posted on the website of the Polotsk City Executive Committee, and in principle, any resident of the city can get a plot for construction," said the chairman of the executive committee. He also reported that in 2012, the construction of commercial housing will begin in Polotsk, which has not happened before. An investment agreement is being concluded with an investor for the construction of two multi-story buildings in the city at the investor's expense. "The investor will build these houses, and there is a preliminary agreement that these houses will be priced lower than the cost per square meter in the houses currently being commissioned. The investor takes these risks upon himself. And these houses will be sold to the residents of Polotsk, based on the fact that cheaper methods of work, which do not affect quality, are used here," said Alexander Poznyak. The chairman of the executive committee said that on May 25-26, Polotsk will host an international investment forum dedicated to City Day. Nanotechnology in the field of house insulation will be presented there. "House insulation will be carried out using nanotechnology, which is actually no more expensive than current insulation. This will also help improve the quality of housing and reduce its cost," he summarized. -0-