Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on the construction of an electrified double-track high-speed railway around Tashkent. The project with a total cost of $320.1 million will be implemented in 2017-2021, according to the document posted on the website of the president’s press service. The total length of one line of the ring road…
Compared to March, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 0.9% in April. Labor remuneration of workers grew by 2.9%, prices of building materials increased by 0.5%, whereas maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.4%. Compared to April 2016, construction costs increased by 2%. Labor remuneration of workers rose…
President Petro Poroshenko underlines the efficiency of the experiment initiated by him to allocate half of unscheduled revenue from customs duties for construction, restoration and reconstruction of roads in Ukraine. This has been reported by the press service of the Head of State. “Repair and construction of road in Ukraine is among the top priorities…
A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Aga Khan Medical Center has been held in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO). The ceremony was attended by Shodikhon Jamshed, Governor of GBAO, and Akbar Ali Pesnani, Resident Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan. They laid the time capsule…
Reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat (Palace of Unity) State Complex, which is the headquarters of the Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences, has begun. The national budget has earmarked some 30 million somoni (equivalent to some $4 million) for reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex, a source…
Construction work has commenced in Ventspils industrial territory on Talsu Street 200. Latvian National Fisheries Producers’ Organization plans to build a fish freezer facility there, as reported by Ventspils Freeport. It is noted that the 7.3 ha territory on Talsu Street 200, which was used to house an animal farm during the Soviet era, remained…
The territory of Dushanbe will be extended from the current 12,700 hectares to 25,000 hectares by 2040 at the expense of territories of Varzob, Hisor and Roudaki districts. Government’s decree approving the Dushanbe municipal redevelopment plan was reportedly signed on April 28. Dushanbe’s population is expected to reach 936,000 by 2025 and 1.176 million by…