I. Metshin: “The work on the improvement of building facades should be carried out in the summer of 2017”

(KZN.RU, September 26, Alsu Safina). Development and implementation of concepts of content and improvement of city streets with concrete measures to improve the appearance are of particular relevance in connection with the matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018. Zhanna Belitskaya, the deputy head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning and the head of urban management of design, reported at today's Business Monday.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, said that most of the work on the improvement of Kazan buildings facades and the external appearance of the streets should be held next summer. The Mayor instructed to organize meetings with entrepreneurs and owners of buildings in the near future.

“We will only polish the improvement work in May 2018. We must hold all meetings must in October-November, develop our approach, because all the work on the improvement of facades to the World Cup will be held on 90% in the summer of 2017. There will be no time in 2018”, said the Mayor, referring to the leadership of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Office of outdoor advertising and information. “It is important to collect the owners of buildings and businesses not in May, but in anticipation of the new fiscal year to our plans will match”, marked I. Metshin.

According to him, there is still a lot of work, but the city has experience in preparation for the Universiade-2013. “I know that the work on the inspection of streets is carried out systemically. We must visit streets we haven’t seen, create a picture in your head, and build in dialogue what they will have to look like to host the largest forum”, said the Mayor of Kazan.

Zhanna Belitskaya reminded that the concept of governance has been prepared with specific activities to improve the external appearance of 118 streets, many of them have been successfully implemented and some are still in realization. “These concepts are certain technical requirements for employers on the facade color scheme and landscaping”, explained Zhanna Belitskaya. She said that on behalf of Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, the concept of the streets Gladilova, Clara Zetkin are prepared, Dekabristov Street is developing, streets Zorge, Gvardeiskaya, Vakhitov, Frunze, Yapeev and other are in plan. There are 20 streets among the priorities in total, noted the speaker.

The deputy head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning also said that the weekly inspection through the streets are led by Ivan Kuznetsov, the deputy head of the Executive Committee, in preparation for the Confederations Cup draw in November and the main Confederations Cup games in June 2017 in Kazan. “Improper maintenance of facades, illegal change of color solutions, the erection of unauthorized attach increasingly come to the attention of supervising bodies, not signage and advertising”, said Zh. Belitskaya.