Dendrological parks should be created simultaneously with major motorways in Yerevan, Hovhanness Tokmajyan, the Republican candidate to the Elders' Council of Yerevan (3rd in the party list) told media, Tuesday. He said that it is necessary to chose the trees species that best of all accumulate heavy metals and dust. To improve the environment, it is necessary to improve the transport system, he said.
"The city needs passing-by highways for republican traffic," he said. In addition, Tokmajyan believes that the city needs expanded underground traffic. "I agree that it is very expensive. To settle the problem of passenger transportation, we are negotiating for construction of new sections of underground trams, which is cheaper than underground lines," Tokmajyan said.
Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, Mission and Barev Yerevan will run for 65 seats in Yerevan's Elders Council on May 5. The election campaign kicked off on Apr 7.