Friday, August 21 2020 10:32

ArmInfo. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the RA Christine Ghalechyan introduced Stepan Machyan to the employees of the State non-profit organization "Road Department".

By order of the head of the department Suren Papikyan, he was  appointed Acting General Director of SNCO.  According to the press  service of the Ministry, congratulating the newly appointed director,  Christine Galechyan emphasized that Stepan Machyan has extensive  experience in the field of management, and expressed confidence that  this experience will be effectively implemented during his tenure as  General Director of SNCO. The Deputy Minister noted that the volume  of programs implemented in the field of road construction is  increasing from year to year, and Stepan Machyan will be able to  develop the positive results that are in this system. Stepan Machyan,  thanking for the congratulations, for the confidence placed in him,  stressed the role and importance of the department in road  construction. "Development of the sector should be our priority.  Working in the public sector, we should pay attention to the issue of  building and strengthening systemic institutional structures, as they  will ensure further progress, regardless of who is currently in  charge of this system. And the road department has every opportunity  to act as an institutional structure, "Stepan Machyan said.

SNCO employees presented their activities, programs and tasks in  detail to the newly appointed head. In his future work, Stepan  Machyan intends to use a team approach, and in difficult times -  concentration of forces and their joint overcoming.

Note that the department carries out work in the field of road  construction, carries out tenders, attracting contractors and  tracking the quality of work. Earlier, Minister of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Suren  Papikyan noted that within the framework of the program of capital  repairs and road construction for the current year, the amount of 31  billion drams was approved. In 2020, despite the coronavirus  epidemic, it is planned to repair and build 500 km of interstate and  republican roads. On May 14 the government made a decision to  allocate 17.4 billion drams for the repair of 185.33 km of roads and  two transport facilities. At the same time, the work will affect  97.26 km of interstate roads, 55.57 km of republican, 32.5 km of  regional importance. The tenders for the construction of a number of  roads have already been completed, in particular, for the repair of  241 km, medium repair of 80 km. Also, work is underway to build the  M6 highway (in the direction of Georgia). It is planned to complete  by the end of the year tenders for the construction of about 50 km of  roads.