In Vitebsk, it is planned to build at least 150 thousand square meters of housing in 2013

October 29, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. At least 150 thousand square meters of housing are planned to be built in Vitebsk in 2013, Igor Kadushko, head of the construction department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. "The housing construction program for 2013 has not yet been approved, but it can be confidently stated that compared to 2012, the amount of housing built will not decrease. The construction volume will be at least 150 thousand square meters," said Igor Kadushko. He also noted that the Bilevo microdistrict will remain the main development area. It is there that the main number of apartment buildings will be built, and the first rental house with 80 apartments in the regional center will be erected. Its construction is planned to begin next year. In addition, residential buildings will be built on Aviatsionnaya, Gertsena, and Chapayeva streets. Development in the city center will be carried out on a point-by-point basis. The cost of housing is projected from Br5 million per 1 sq.m. In January-September, 94 thousand square meters of housing were built in Vitebsk, which accounted for 63.5% of the annual target of 148 thousand square meters. 52 individual residential buildings and 12 apartment buildings (about 1.5 thousand apartments) were commissioned, of which 10 were built with state support. By the end of the year, it is planned to build another 700 apartments and commission 9 apartment buildings. This will improve the housing conditions of more than 2.3 thousand families. As noted in the Committee for Architecture and Construction of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the main reasons for not fulfilling the housing construction target in the regional center were the lack of control over the construction progress by the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, understated demands and untimely measures taken by the customer of the City Executive Committee's Capital Construction Directorate, as well as unsatisfactory work of individual contracting organizations, especially RUP "Vitebsk DSK". In total, 600 thousand square meters of housing are planned to be built in the Vitebsk region in 2013. -0-