RT President: We are ready to offer extra interesting conditions for construction of paid parking
16 April 2011, Saturday
Tatarstan authorities are ready to offer the following conditions for new projects of multi-level parking in Kazan - full long-term discharge from some tax payments, free network connection, legislative stimulation of parking use by car owners. Measures on stimulating construction of such important objects were discussed at a meeting in RT Cabinet held by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin detoured a number of sites where multi-level parking is to be constructed.
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin informed that executive committee on the city offered 12 areas for constructing parking sites for 9,5 thousand places. The map of parking locations is introduced on portal of RT Government. According to assessments of Mayor’s office daily 10,5 thousand cars park by the roadside in the centre of Kazan.
Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized necessity of constructing multi-level parks in Kazan.
In order to attract investors for construction of multi-level parks Tatarstan authorities are ready to offer unprecedented conditions for realization of such projects.
Rustam Minnikhanov offered to exempt parks from land and property taxes for 15 years, decrease income tax and provide free network connection. RT President gave Mayor’s office and RT Government assignment to define benefits till the end of April, set limits for projects pretending to receive these benefits and work out measures for stimulating car owners to use car parks.
Rustam Minnikhanov proposed to form parking prices within a single tariff policy, he asked Mayor’s office and State committee on tariffs to discuss the policy with potential investors.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.