BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/08/2007

Belarusian Capital Plans Ambitious Construction Project

Belarusian Minister of Construction and Architecture Alyaksandr Selyaznyou told journalists on August 9 that the Belarusian capital will launch a construction project called Minsk City in 2009 or 2010, Belapan reported. Selyaznyou revealed that Russia's Itera oil and gas company, which discussed the project with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in July, has offered to invest some $30 billion in the construction. Minsk City will be built at the site of the current Minsk-1 Airport and Minsk Aircraft Repair Plant. The project envisages the removal of the airport and the plant and the subsequent construction of apartment buildings for up to 40,000 people together with a business center crowned by an 80-story tower. A new five-station subway line will be built to connect the planned business center to downtown Minsk. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/08/3-cee/cee-100807.asp