Head of the Oktyabrsky district Alexander Alferyevsky reported on last year and stressed that the district remains the fastest growing in Irkutsk. The article describes new apartment buildings, a fountain on the 50th Anniversary of the USSR square, the widening of Baikalskaya Street and other notable changes, as well as plans for 2009 from street electrification to yard improvements and playground installation.
On the eve of this, the head of the Oktyabrsky District, Alexander Alferyevsky, reported to the public on the work carried out last year. Noting the district’s obvious achievements in development, its head assured residents: “We will also make every effort next year to make Irkutsk more beautiful and comfortable.”The Oktyabrsky District is called the fastest-developing. First of all, most of the city’s new housing developments are being built there. And in 2008, the most expensive and tallest fountain in Irkutsk was launched on the 50th Anniversary of the USSR Square. In the Lisikha microdistrict, a new white-stone church was built in honor of St. Martyr Sophia. Baikalskaya Street was widened by half, and four underground pedestrian crossings were also opened there. Reconstruction was also carried out on Deputatskaya and Donskaya.
In 2009, the work will continue, the head of the Oktyabrsky District assured. The plans include electrification of streets, improvement of inner-courtyard areas, and installation of playgrounds.