Suivi du développement d'Erevan
Étapes confirmées du métro d'Ajapnyak, de Kond, du World Trade Center Yerevan, de Noragyugh et des transports qui modifient les liaisons entre quartiers d'Erevan.
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Les données détaillées des projets et les étapes sont actuellement disponibles en anglais. La navigation, les dates et les statuts sont en français.
Comment cette page est construite
Chaque entrée renvoie à une source datée et publiée : décision gouvernementale, communication officielle de la ville, contrat signé, appel d'offres achevé, acte judiciaire ou article d'un média fiable attestant le fait. Les promesses et échéances futures sont séparées sous « À surveiller ensuite ».
Station de métro Ajapnyak (11e station du métro d’Erevan)
Approuvé, avant travauxLa nouvelle station doit relier la rive gauche du Hrazdan au centre-ville. Les rames partiraient de Barekamutyun par des tunnels, puis franchiraient les gorges sur un pont. Aucun autre projet d’infrastructure ne pourrait peser autant sur les prix de l’immobilier dans l’ouest d’Erevan.
État actuel
Le projet est entièrement dessiné et, sur le papier, il a obtenu tous les feux verts. Il a passé l’expertise de l’État le 9 juin 2025 ; le ministère des Finances a validé le programme de 107,3 milliards d’AMD le 20 avril 2026, et le Comité des investissements publics l’a approuvé le 1er juillet. En septembre, le Premier ministre a estimé que la Russie pourrait être le meilleur partenaire, et le maire a indiqué que la mairie avait déjà une liste préliminaire de sociétés pour piloter le projet. En octobre ont suivi des audiences publiques sur le projet de décision dont dépend l’expropriation des terrains. Sur le terrain, rien n’a commencé. Le gouvernement n’a pas adopté la décision d’expropriation, aucun appel d’offres n’a été lancé pour la supervision ou les travaux, et il n’y a ni entrepreneur ni financement confirmé. La mairie vise désormais un démarrage progressif du chantier en 2027. Au moins quatre dates annoncées auparavant n’ont pas été tenues, et rien n’engage encore la ville sur celle-ci.
Dernières étapes
Pashinyan : la Russie pourrait être le meilleur partenaire, faute d’entreprise arménienne capable de construire un métro
Sur Boon TV, Pashinyan a expliqué que, d’après l’analyse du gouvernement, la Russie pourrait être le meilleur partenaire, compte tenu des paramètres selon lesquels le métro d’Erevan est conçu et a été construit à l’origine. « Il n’existe aujourd’hui en Arménie aucune entreprise » à qui confier la construction d’un métro par appel d’offres, a-t-il dit. Avec la Russie, les difficultés seraient réduites au minimum, sans disparaître pour autant. Il n’a annoncé ni accord, ni entrepreneur, ni conditions de financement.
La mairie tient une audience publique sur le projet de décision d’intérêt public prépondérant
La mairie avait fixé l’audience au 12 octobre, dans son bâtiment du 1, rue Argishti. Il s’agissait de présenter aux propriétaires concernés, aux titulaires de droits et à toute personne intéressée le programme d’investissement, la suite de la procédure et les règles d’indemnisation. Les contributions écrites étaient acceptées jusqu’au 9 octobre. Le 19 octobre, la mairie a indiqué que le projet avait terminé sa circulation au sein de l’administration et que les audiences avaient eu lieu. À cette date, le gouvernement n’avait toujours pas adopté la décision.
La mairie vise désormais un démarrage progressif du chantier en 2027
Interrogée par Sputnik Arménie, la mairie a répondu que le chantier devait, selon le plan actuel, démarrer par étapes en 2027. La date exacte dépendra de l’expropriation et des appels d’offres. La mairie compte sur une adoption de la décision d’intérêt public prépondérant, et sur le début des expropriations, avant la fin de 2026. Avant les appels d’offres officiels, elle sondera d’abord le marché international. Les travaux devaient à l’origine commencer en 2024.
Kond historic district
Aucun progrès confirméYerevan's oldest surviving neighbourhood sits in the city centre, above the Hrazdan gorge. Work on a regeneration plan began with an international competition in 2021. On Kond's northern edge, a separate and legally binding government decision already allows property to be expropriated.
État actuel
Kond still has no adopted master plan. The 2021–2024 international competition ran over two stages without producing a winner, and the merged concept shown at a meeting chaired by the prime minister on 26 June 2026 was never approved. The next day Pashinyan walked through the district and told residents the government plans a law on Kond so that further work is done by mutual consent. According to Sputnik Armenia, he also said the government wants neither to demolish the houses nor to take them from residents. In February 2024 the mayor had said Kond would be fully expropriated. On 25 August parliament approved the government's 2026–2031 programme, which says Kond's urban environment will be modernised. As of 25 October 2026, though, there is no published draft law or plan, no investor, no budget and no demolition in Kond proper. The only work reported on the ground is the legalisation of residents' property rights. On the district's northern edge, decision 999-Ն has been in force since 8 July 2024, declaring overriding public interest over about 13,200 m² for the World Trade Center project, which has its own page in this tracker. That project was presented on 10 October 2026, when it was announced that dismantling of the buildings at Saryan 22 was under way. Since autumn 2025 the acquiring company has been suing owners in civil court to take over their properties. Owners who challenged the decision in the Administrative Court have had no recorded ruling on the merits, and since a February 2026 law their challenges no longer halt the alienation automatically.
Étapes confirmées
International concept competition for Kond announced
The Urban Development Committee launched an open international competition for ideas to regenerate Kond, in two stages and with a total prize fund of 45 million AMD. Anyone could enter the first stage; concept packages were due on 10 June 2021.
Sources:RA Urban Development CommitteeSeven concepts go through to the final stage
The jury finished assessing first-stage entries on 6 October 2021, according to the official schedule, and seven proposals went through to a final stage open only to those seven architects. Neither the finalists' names nor the results protocol was ever published.
City Hall meets residents about starting stage 2
Yerevan City Hall said it had held a working meeting with Kond residents on launching the second stage. Around 900 property units had been inventoried in the district. The announcement was in the future tense: the project “would enter” a practical phase. Stage 2 actually started ten months later.
Sources:Oragir NewsMayor says Kond will be fully expropriated
At an administrative meeting at City Hall, Mayor Avinyan said all of Kond would be expropriated for a new urban-development programme. The property-certificate scheme, he said, was meant to let residents protect their rights as fully as possible. City Hall reported 254 legalisation applications and 25 decisions already adopted.
Sources:Novosti-Armenia“Here is Kond” marchers call for the old quarter to be kept
More than 50 people joined the “Here is Kond” march. They asked the authorities not to demolish the ancient quarter, called for a third stage of the competition and put forward projects to improve living conditions and develop Kond for tourism.
Sources:Caucasian KnotStage 2 opens to the seven finalists
The Urban Development Committee opened the closed second stage to the seven stage-1 finalists. Entries were due on 1 October 2024, and the results were to be published on 23 December 2024.
Sources:RA Urban Development CommitteeGovernment decision 999-Ն declares overriding public interest on Kond's northern edge
Government decision 999-Ն, in force from 8 July 2024, covers about 13,200 m² between Saryan and Paronyan streets, next to the main post office building at Saryan 22. It recognised overriding public interest over the non-state properties in the zone (63 entries on Frik, Tapabashi, 1st and 2nd Tapabashi, Kozerni, Sh. Rustaveli, Surb Hovhannes, Saryan and Paronyan streets) and consented to the alienation of the state-owned plots inside it. The land is for the World Trade Center project, the acquirer is World Trade Center Yerevan CJSC, and alienation had to start within 24 months, by 8 July 2026. Unlike the Kond competition, this act is legally binding. The World Trade Center project has its own page in this tracker.
City Hall confirms the competition ended without a winner
Mayoral adviser Sona Tevanyan told a City Hall session that nobody had been awarded first place because no concept fully met the requirements. She said the Urban Development Committee and City Hall were working to combine the existing proposals into one concept.
Sources:Novosti-ArmeniaMore than 670 applications filed to legalise property in Kond
Mayor Avinyan met Kond residents about restoring their rights to the land plots, courtyards and outbuildings attached to their homes. About 900 property units are registered in the district, and City Hall had received more than 670 applications.
Sources:Sputnik ArmeniaGovernment still hasn't filed its justification for the expropriation decision in court
Hetq reported on a 62-year-old woman who has lived on Kozerni Street in Kond for 40 years. In September 2025 she sued to challenge the grounds for decision 999-Ն. On 2 February 2026 the Administrative Court gave the government a month to submit written explanations; when Hetq published, nothing had been filed.
Sources:HetqMerged Kond concept shown at a meeting chaired by the PM
Urban Development Committee chairman Yeghiazar Vardanyan presented the urban-development concept for Kond at a meeting chaired by the prime minister. It is built on preserving the historic environment while developing the district economically and reviving it culturally. No document was adopted.
Sources:ArmenpressPashinyan tells Kond residents a law on the district is planned
The day after the meeting, Pashinyan walked through Kond with Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Education, Science, Culture and Sport Minister Zhanna Andreasyan and Urban Development Committee chairman Yeghiazar Vardanyan, and showed residents the concept. According to the official account, a law on Kond is planned so that further work is done by mutual consent, and the programme can be carried out over time, in stages. The concept covers 16 ha, 10 of them in the design-intervention zone. The area has 4 monuments of republican significance on the state list and 8 newly identified ones, mostly houses of local significance. The proposed model is a partnership of the state, a private investor and the community, drawing on the experience of Athens' Plaka district. Sputnik Armenia reported Pashinyan as saying the government wants neither to demolish the houses nor to take them from residents. Selling to the state would be each owner's choice, he said, and City Hall and the committee would draw up a phased development and restoration plan.
Kond gets a line in the government's 2026–2031 programme
Parliament approved the government's 2026–2031 programme by 63 votes to 24. The programme, endorsed by government decision 1236-Ա of 20 August 2026, gives the district one sentence in its chapter on urban development and spatial planning: “The urban environment of Yerevan's Kond district will be modernised.” It sets no separate deadline, budget or method and does not mention the planned law. The programme says the government will adopt a five-year action plan on its basis.
À surveiller ensuite (pas encore confirmé)
- A real master plan for Kond, or the phased development and restoration plan that City Hall and the Urban Development Committee are supposed to draw up.
- The draft law on Kond announced on 27 June 2026, and whether it leaves the decision to sell a home to the state with the owner, as the prime minister said it would.
- An investor or developer for Kond proper.
- Administrative Court rulings on the challenges to decision 999-Ն, and civil-court rulings on the suits over properties on Kond's northern edge. The World Trade Center project itself has its own page.
- Dates and money for Kond in the five-year action plan the government is due to adopt under its 2026–2031 programme. No budget figure for Kond has been published so far, including in the government's investment-priorities plan.
- The competition entries and the finalists' names. Three stage-2 concepts went on show at the Alexander Tamanyan National Museum-Institute of Architecture in November 2024, without their authors' names, but the finalists' work has never been released in full.
World Trade Center Yerevan (WTC) à Erevan
Approuvé, avant travauxLe World Trade Center Yerevan (WTC Yerevan) est un projet de deux tours réunissant bureaux, hôtel et commerces, à l’emplacement de l’ancien siège de Haypost et de la poste centrale, au 22 rue Saryan, dans le centre d’Erevan (Kentron). Il englobe aussi quelque 13 200 m² de terrains voisins, en lisière nord du quartier historique de Kond. Le promoteur Renshin, Haypost et l’État arménien le portent ensemble. Présenté en octobre 2026, il a été dévoilé avec une conception signée Foster + Partners, un investissement annoncé de 470 millions de dollars et, selon le promoteur, des tours de 200 et 224 m.
État actuel
Le projet est approuvé et des travaux ont commencé sur le site, mais les tours elles-mêmes ne sont pas en chantier. Au 25 octobre 2026, le programme approuvé en 2023 par la décision 1529-Ա dispose d’une société de projet immatriculée et d’un projet de Foster + Partners présenté le 10 octobre. Les terrains voisins de Kond relèvent de la décision 999-Ն sur l’intérêt public prépondérant, en vigueur depuis le 8 juillet 2024, et les services du Premier ministre indiquent que le démantèlement de l’ancien bâtiment de Haypost, au 22 rue Saryan, a commencé. Nous n’avons trouvé ni permis de construire publié pour les tours, ni entreprise de construction désignée, ni date d’achèvement officielle, ni montant de financement engagé. Avec UK Export Finance, seul un mémorandum a été signé. À Kond même, la société a intenté 27 actions civiles pour acquérir des biens. Des propriétaires ont engagé leurs propres actions et attaqué la décision 999-Ն devant le tribunal administratif. Deux biens situés derrière la poste sont passés à la société par des transactions homologuées par le tribunal. Nous n’avons relevé aucun jugement sur le fond ni aucune démolition de maison à Kond.
Dernières étapes
Le tribunal administratif clôt l’affaire d’une propriétaire de la rue Frik après son désistement
Le tribunal administratif a clos l’affaire ՎԴ/5591/05/25, dans laquelle la propriétaire d’une maison au 3 rue Frik, bien inscrit dans la décision 999-Ն, lui demandait de reconnaître l’existence, entre elle et l’État, d’un rapport juridique au titre de la loi sur l’aliénation de biens pour des intérêts publics prépondérants. Il l’a close parce qu’elle s’était désistée le 2 octobre 2026 ; il n’a pas statué sur le fond et l’acte n’indique pas la raison du désistement. La décision peut faire l’objet d’un appel devant la cour administrative d’appel dans le mois suivant sa publication et n’est donc peut-être pas encore définitive.
Présentation du WTC Yerevan : projet de Foster + Partners et 470 millions de dollars d’investissement
Le Premier ministre Nikol Pashinyan a assisté à la présentation du projet, au cours de laquelle Foster + Partners a détaillé le projet architectural et Nikol Pashinyan a déclaré qu’il s’agissait de fait du plus haut bâtiment de l’histoire d’Erevan. Ses services l’ont qualifié de plus grand projet de partenariat public-privé d’Arménie, avec un investissement total de 470 millions de dollars, et ont indiqué comme actionnaires Renshin LLC (56 %), Haypost CJSC (25 %) et la République d’Arménie (19 %). Un contrat de gestion avec Hyatt Hotels Corporation et un mémorandum de coopération avec UK Export Finance sur le financement partiel du projet ont été signés ; aucun montant de financement n’a été communiqué.
Le début du démantèlement au 22 rue Saryan est officiellement annoncé
Selon le communiqué des services du Premier ministre sur la présentation, le démantèlement des bâtiments et constructions du 22 rue Saryan — l’ancien siège de Haypost et la poste centrale — avait commencé et progressait avec succès. Ni permis de démolir ni date de début précise n’ont été trouvés, et aucune démolition de maisons à Kond n’a été signalée.
Noragyugh — « Nouveau centre d’Erevan »
Approuvé, avant travauxLe quartier de Noragyugh, dans le district de Kentron, sur la colline de Paskevich au bord de la gorge de la Hrazdan, doit être reconstruit pour devenir un nouveau centre-ville. Le projet porte sur 83,9 hectares et environ 155 bâtiments pour quelque 65 000 habitants, avec une dizaine d’années de travaux.
État actuel
À Noragyugh, les décisions nécessaires aux expropriations sont prises, mais rien n’a été construit. Le gouvernement a approuvé le projet le 29 janvier 2026 et autorisé le maire à signer des contrats d’acquisition avec DITI Construction et DITI Development. Par la décision n° 567 du 23 avril, environ 81 hectares ont été déclarés d’intérêt public supérieur ; les propriétaires doivent recevoir la valeur de marché majorée de 30 %. La mairie avait annoncé que l’évaluation des biens et l’indemnisation suivraient, mais aucune évaluation ni offre d’indemnisation n’a été rendue publique à ce jour. Le programme gouvernemental 2026–2031, adopté en août, annonce que le projet « sera lancé », sans échéance ni budget. Le maire l’a présenté à des investisseurs en juin puis en septembre. Au 25 octobre 2026, aucun accord d’investissement n’est signé et aucun bailleur de fonds n’est connu. La justification technico-économique n’a pas été publiée, aucun concours d’architecture n’a eu lieu et les travaux n’ont pas commencé. Tout repose sur le plan général adopté le 10 septembre 2024, après quatre ans pendant lesquels la capitale n’avait pas de plan directeur valide.
Dernières étapes
Avinyan présente Noragyugh à des investisseurs émiratis, sans accord
Le maire a présenté le projet à Ahmed Al Shamsi, directeur général du groupe Trojan Construction Holding, et à Eduard Sukiasyan, fondateur de Silk Capital. Il a aussi été question du complexe Promenade et des jardins de Dalma. Rien n’a été signé.
Sources:PanARMENIAN.NetLe Parlement adopte un programme gouvernemental qui annonce le lancement de Noragyugh
L’Assemblée nationale a adopté le programme du gouvernement pour 2026–2031 par 63 voix contre 24. Le chapitre consacré à l’urbanisme indique que le programme d’investissement « Downtown Yerevan » de Noragyugh « sera lancé », sans échéance ni budget. Le point suivant prévoit la mise en œuvre des projets de forêt urbaine de Dalma et de zones vertes dans la gorge de la Hrazdan et à Nork-Marash. Dans son programme électoral d’avril 2026, le parti Contrat civil fixait encore 2036 comme horizon de réalisation.
Le maire discute de Noragyugh avec Royal Front Investments et Dubai Duty Free
Avinyan a rencontré Sina Al Fattahi, membre du conseil d’administration de Royal Front Investments, et Salah Tahlak, de Dubai Duty Free. Ils ont fait le point sur l’avancement du projet, son concept et les possibilités d’investissement, et le maire a écrit sur Telegram que l’intérêt « continue de croître ». Aucun accord, montant ni calendrier n’a été annoncé.
Isakov–Arshakunyats road link
En constructionA new 1.86 km, six-lane road that will cross the Hrazdan on a 269-metre bridge and join Kentron, Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit. The route runs through the Noragyugh site. City Hall announced in September 2026 that construction had started.
État actuel
Yerevan City Hall announced on 14 September 2026 that work on the road and the Hrazdan bridge had started, and later put the start date at 15 August. Earthworks had originally been planned for mid-June, and the construction start was then promised for July. Neither date held. The project was formally launched on 8 May and costs $85.67 million, with $65.17 million coming from a €60.09 million ADB loan and $20.5 million from the state budget. No progress figures have been published yet, and no change to the 30 March 2028 completion deadline has been reported. It is also unclear whether the Cabinet has adopted the February draft adding five more properties to the expropriation list.
Étapes confirmées
Decision 1357-Ն declares 27 properties overriding public interest
With decision N 1357-Ն, the government declared overriding public interest over 27 properties on the planned stretch between Admiral Isakov and Arshakunyats avenues, which the act describes as an extension of Monte Melkonyan Street. They are in Kentron, Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit.
€60.09 million ADB loan signed
Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Donald Lambert, head of the Asian Development Bank's Armenia office, signed the €60,090,000 loan agreement for the Yerevan Urban Development Investment Program at the Ministry of Finance to pay for the new road section.
Sources:Ministry of Finance of ArmeniaBudget and specifications published
The road will cost $85.67 million, of which $65.17 million comes from the ADB loan and $20.5 million from the state budget. The main road is 1.86 km long, with six lanes on a 24.5 m carriageway. The plans also include a 269-metre reinforced-concrete bridge over the Hrazdan and a tunnel underpass with a roundabout at Arshakunyats Avenue, and the work is due to be finished by 30 March 2028.
Sources:Factor.amDraft would add five more properties to the expropriation list
A draft government decision would extend overriding public interest to five more privately owned properties on Kashegortsneri Street and Isakov Avenue. Properties missing from the 2023 decision N 1357-Ն had turned up during acquisition and permitting.
Sources:HetqCity Hall holds the launch ceremony
Yerevan City Hall marked the start of implementation with an official ceremony and signed the technical-supervision and consulting contract there. The construction contract had already been signed.
Sources:AravotGovernment decides to buy 27 plots for the road
The government decided to start buying the land for the road, 27 plots in all, from individuals and legal entities. The route crosses the Noragyugh quarter and will link Shengavit and Erebuni with Ajapnyak, Davtashen and Arabkir.
City Hall promises a July start
Mayoral adviser Aneta Babayan told a City Hall working meeting that all preparatory procedures were complete. An external audit had been carried out and a report on the project's compliance with international standards approved, the engineer and contractor were in place, and the financing questions had been settled. The contractor had already sent its work plan to the engineer for approval.
City Hall says construction has started
City Hall announced that work had started on the new road and its 269-metre bridge over the Hrazdan. The main road is about 1.9 km long, or about 6.6 km with the ramps and secondary roads. On 23 September, 168.am published a reply from City Hall that put the start of construction works at 15 August 2026.
À surveiller ensuite (pas encore confirmé)
- First progress figures, or signs of work on the 269-metre bridge over the Hrazdan and the tunnel junction on Arshakunyats Avenue.
- Whether the Cabinet adopts the February draft adding five more properties to the expropriation list.
- Whether the 30 March 2028 completion date holds after the delayed start.
North–South road corridor
En constructionThis is Armenia's main highway. For Yerevan buyers the part that matters is the north-western exit through Ashtarak, which is now a finished 84 km high-capacity road to Gyumri.
État actuel
The 84 km Ashtarak–Gyumri road, Yerevan's north-western exit, has been open to traffic since 19 April 2026. In Syunik, an Iranian consortium began building the 7.2 km Kajaran tunnel on 27 June 2026, next to the 32 km Kajaran–Agarak section, which is already under construction. The 60 km Sisian–Kajaran stretch has its money, €236 million each from the EBRD, the EIB and the ADB, but work there has not begun. As of October 2026 the tenders for its consultants were still at technical evaluation, and the government had not announced any construction contracts, which it had said would be awarded by the end of 2026. Closer to Yerevan, the 161.5 km Artashat–Sisian section exists only as a 2016 preliminary design; officials are now working toward a detailed design.
Étapes confirmées
EBRD signs a €236m loan for the southern Sisian–Kajaran sub-section
Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and EBRD Managing Director Nandita Parshad signed the €236 million sovereign loan in Yerevan, where the bank was holding its annual meeting. The money goes to the southern section of the Sisian–Kajaran road, about 24.2 km long and part of North–South Corridor Tranche 4, and the EBRD says it is the largest road infrastructure project it has financed in Armenia.
EIB Global signs a €236m loan
EIB Global signed a loan of up to €236 million to co-finance construction of the Sisian–Kajaran road, which the bank calls the largest finance contract it has ever signed with Armenia and a flagship project of the EU's Global Gateway initiative.
ADB commits €236m in co-financing for the northern sub-section
The northern sub-section of the Sisian–Kajaran road is 27.1 km of three-lane road with tunnels and bridges, at a total cost of €335 million. The Asian Development Bank will put €236 million towards its reconstruction. ADB expects the works to take up to 90 minutes off the journey along the whole road.
Sources:ArmenpressGovernment allocates 8.43bn AMD for the Kajaran–Agarak section
The government approved about 8.43 billion AMD (roughly $22 million) for construction of the 32 km Kajaran–Agarak section. Smaller sums went to land survey work on the northern Sisian–Kajaran sub-section (22 million AMD) and a safety review of the Bargushat tunnel project (8.7 million AMD).
Sources:ARKA News AgencyThe 84 km Ashtarak–Gyumri section opens to traffic
Traffic is now running on the 84 km Ashtarak–Gyumri section, the corridor's north-western approach to Yerevan on the Davtashen and Ajapnyak side. On 16 June 2026 Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan told parliament it was “completed and fully opened to traffic”.
Deputy PM: Sisian–Kajaran contracts to be awarded by the end of 2026
In his report to parliament, Deputy PM Tigran Khachatryan said about 504 km of roads were built or renovated in 2025, and 10 bridges and 2 interchanges had major repairs. Both sub-sections of the 60 km Sisian–Kajaran segment were out to international competitive tender, he said, with contracts to be awarded by the end of 2026.
Sources:AravotWork starts on the 7.2 km Kajaran tunnel
The Road Department Fund signed the contract with a joint venture of two Iranian firms, Tunnel Sadd Ariana and Abad Rahan Pars International Group, at a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Iranian Vice President Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi. The job covers the 7.2 km tunnel, which bypasses the 2,535 m Meghri Pass, and about 4 km of access roads; it shortens the route by about 14 km and joins the 32 km Kajaran–Agarak section now being built. A $200 million loan from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development and about $195 million from the Armenian government pay for it, with completion due within six years. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on 27 August 2026 that the tunnel work was going well.
Sisian–Kajaran consultant tenders move to technical evaluation
On 5 August 2026 the North–South management council, chaired by Deputy PM Tigran Khachatryan, approved shortlists for a Sisian–Kajaran project management consultant and for a firm to supervise construction of the roughly 27 km northern section. The Road Department Fund opened the technical proposals on 1 October (management consultant) and 6 October (supervision); financial proposals are opened only after the technical evaluation. Neither tender covers the construction itself.
Ministries discuss detailed design for the 161.5 km Artashat–Sisian section
A feasibility study and preliminary design drawn up in 2016 put the Artashat–Sisian section, which starts south of Yerevan, at 161.5 km, with 59 bridges (13.2 km in total), 9 tunnels (12.4 km) and 22 interchanges. Deputy Infrastructure Minister Kristine Ghalechyan and a Finance Ministry team under Deputy Minister Edgar Mkrtchyan went over the feasibility study, the route, priorities and financing, and sketched out the steps toward a detailed design.
À surveiller ensuite (pas encore confirmé)
- Whether the Sisian–Kajaran construction contracts are awarded by the end of 2026, as the government said they would be. The consultancy contracts for project management and supervision are still in technical evaluation.
- The first real work on site at Sisian–Kajaran, including the 8.6 km Bargushat tunnel.
- When detailed design begins for the 161.5 km Artashat–Sisian section.
Yerevan public transport
En serviceFleet renewal, a single cashless ticketing system and dedicated bus lanes. These shape the daily commute in every district long before any new metro station opens.
État actuel
Cash has not been accepted on Yerevan's buses, trolleybuses and metro since 1 January 2025, and since 20 July 2026 fares on every mode can also be paid with Apple Pay or Google Pay. By 2 June 2026 the whole trolleybus fleet had been replaced with 45 new vehicles. The last old Higer buses have yet to be replaced. No winner or contract has been reported from the tender announced in May 2026, and on 12 October the deputy mayor said a tender for 171 new buses would be announced soon. After that, the mayor says, the city will buy only electric vehicles. An electric-bus programme was approved on 1 July 2026 as part of a $650 million investment package, but the number of buses, their length and the lender have not been made public. On 12 October the mayor set a new target: peak-hour travel times at least 30% shorter by 2030, partly through bus lanes added in stages on three main corridors.
Étapes confirmées
Cashless ticketing starts on buses, trolleybuses and the metro
Since 1 January 2025 Yerevan's buses, trolleybuses and metro no longer take cash. During a transition that ran until 1 February 2025, a ride cost 100 AMD on buses and the metro and 50 AMD on trolleybuses. Tickets are sold through transport.yerevan.am and Telcell.
Sources:ARKA News AgencyContinuous bus lane opens from Mashtots Avenue to Argishti Street
The municipality opened a continuous public-transport lane that runs along Mashtots Avenue and on through Khorenatsi, Beirut, Italy and Argishti streets to the Victory Bridge, in both directions. Traffic at the junctions along the way was reorganised to fit it.
Sources:Yerevan MunicipalityGovernment allocates 2.14bn AMD for 45 trolleybuses
The government approved 2,137,850,000 AMD from the state budget to buy 45 new trolleybuses for Yerevan and replace 104 outdated lifts in apartment blocks. It cited cleaner electric transport and more frequent service on the routes.
Sources:Hetq45 Yutong trolleybuses contracted for 4.33bn AMD
Yerevan bought 45 trolleybuses for 4,326,300,000 AMD in total, or 96 million AMD each. The 12-metre vehicles carry at least 85 passengers and have a wheelchair space with a retractable ramp.
Sources:Factor.amTender announced to replace the last 170 old buses
Mayor Avinyan said a new tender had been announced for the remaining 170 old Higer buses, after which “there will be no outdated vehicles left in Yerevan's public transport fleet”. The city also plans to buy 250 eighteen-metre electric buses. The tender's value, bid deadline and funding source were not disclosed.
Sources:ArmenpressWhole trolleybus fleet replaced
The municipality said all 45 new trolleybuses were now on the routes and every old trolleybus had been taken out of service. Five trolleybus routes run, some with changed end stops.
Sources:Yerevan MunicipalityTrolleybuses handed to the city operator; mayor pledges electric-only purchases
The Council of Elders voted to hand the 45 Yutong ZK6128BEVG trolleybuses, valued at 4.326 billion AMD, to Yerevan Electric Transport CJSC free of charge. Mayor Avinyan said that once the Higer buses are replaced, the city will buy nothing but electric vehicles for public transport.
Sources:ArmenpressElectric buses included in $650M investment package for Yerevan
A session chaired by the Prime Minister approved a $650 million investment package for Yerevan, with the government committing to the financing. It covers three projects: the Ajapnyak metro station, a full modernisation of the metro, and an electric-bus programme that Mayor Avinyan said would finish the reform of surface public transport. No breakdown by project was given, and no bus count or lender was named. On 6 July Avinyan told officials to wrap up negotiations with international financial institutions as quickly as possible.
Fares can now be paid with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Mayor Avinyan announced in a Facebook video that passengers can now pay with Apple Pay and Google Pay on every kind of public transport, the metro included.
ADB completes the EMERGE study for Yerevan's electric buses
The Asian Development Bank, with support from the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), delivered its preparation study for EMERGE (Empowering Mobility through Electric Urban Solutions), the project to modernise Yerevan's public transport. It contains a bus service plan and concept designs for two electric-bus priority corridors and two depots for battery buses. The financial, economic and procurement analysis is meant to support possible financing from ADB and the Green Climate Fund. The study was due to be finalised at a workshop in August 2026.
Mayor targets 30% shorter peak-hour trips by 2030
At a working meeting at City Hall, Mayor Avinyan said peak-hour trips on public transport should take at least 30% less time by 2030, and asked why people wait 20–30 minutes for a bus. Bus lanes will come in stages on the city's three main corridors. The first, on one corridor, will be a kerbside lane with road markings and cameras; lanes down the middle of the street, which would need the road rebuilt, are planned later. Avinyan wants all of it done within two to three years. Deputy Mayor Suren Grigoryan said a tender for 171 new buses would be announced soon. The city has yet to choose between 12- and 18-metre buses and will take the EMERGE consultants' proposals into account.
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- When the tender for 171 new buses is announced and who wins it. On 12 October 2026 the deputy mayor said it was coming soon.
- Which electric buses the city buys under the programme approved in July 2026. In October it had still not chosen between 12- and 18-metre buses, and no fleet size or lender has been published.
- Which of the three main corridors gets the first bus lane, and when. Neither was named at the 12 October 2026 meeting.
Zvartnots International Airport
En serviceYerevan's main airport, run by a concessionaire since 2001. How much traffic it can handle shapes how well the city is connected, and with it the demand from returning Armenians and non-resident buyers.
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The concession now runs to 31 December 2067. In return the operator must invest $425 million by the end of 2033. That programme is set out in a master plan submitted to the government, which a council at the culture ministry approved with conditions in July 2026. As of 25 October the plan itself hasn't been published or put up for public comment, and we found no terminal design, contractor or construction start date. A spring draft that would have stripped the old round terminal of its monument status never became a decision; the infrastructure ministry now says it will show an option for altering the building alongside the master plan. The operator's bigger pitch from October 2025, $500 million over ten years to double the airport, has no signed commitment behind it.
Étapes confirmées
Operator announces a $500m ten-year expansion plan
Marcelo Wende, CEO of Armenia International Airports, said the company wants to double the size of the airport over ten years with a $500 million investment. Boarding gates would go from 6 to 16, and the arrival, passport control and customs areas would double.
Sources:ArmenpressZvartnots handles a record 5.6 million passengers in 2025
Zvartnots served 5,615,789 passengers in 2025, beating the 2023 record of 5,330,308, according to Civil Aviation Committee figures published by Hetq. The government's justification for the concession amendment says the passenger terminal built under earlier master plans can board about 3 million passengers a year and check in 4 million.
Concession extended to 2067 in exchange for $425m of investment
The government approved the fifth amendment to the Armenia International Airports concession on 22 January 2026, and a day later Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan and Martin Eurnekian of Corporación América signed it. The concession, which dates from 2001, now runs to 31 December 2067, and the operator has committed to a $425 million capital investment programme.
Ministry drafts removal of the old round terminal from the monuments list
From 11 to 27 March 2026 the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure had a draft government decision out for comment on e-draft.am. It would take the old Zvartnots terminal off Yerevan's state list of historical and cultural monuments, where it was entered as a monument of national significance in August 2025. The ministry argued that the master plan submitted under the amended concession includes the $425 million programme due by the end of 2033, part of which is modernising the old building and giving it a new function, and that monument status stands in the way. In August Docomomo Armenia asked the government to drop the idea and the operator to rethink the terminal expansion so that the building survives intact.
Culture ministry council approves the airport master plan with conditions
The scientific-methodological council of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport looked at the airport master plan on 16 July and approved it, on condition that later architectural designs and works are discussed and agreed with professional bodies. The old terminal's monument status was not on its agenda, the ministry told Azatutyun, which reported the decision on 30 July. The infrastructure ministry told the same outlet that taking the building off the list is no longer being considered. An option for altering it is, and will be presented when the master plan goes to public discussion. According to Azatutyun, the delisting draft never made it onto a government session agenda.
Pashinyan meets Corporación América's leadership on airport plans
Pashinyan met Martin Eurnekian, CEO of Corporación América Airports, along with Armenia International Airports CEO Marcelo Wende and general manager Sergey Avetisyan. Eurnekian reported on the company's programmes in Armenia, and the talks covered Zvartnots, Shirak airport in Gyumri and infrastructure upgrades. Both sides agreed to keep talking. No terminal design, start date or new investment figure came out of the meeting. Back on 11 June, Pashinyan had told ministers that Zvartnots “must be expanded as quickly as possible”.
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- When the master plan goes to public discussion. The infrastructure ministry says the option for altering the old terminal will be published with it; no date has been set.
- A terminal design, a named contractor and a construction start date. We found none as of 25 October 2026.
- The fate of the old round terminal, listed as a monument of national significance since August 2025.
- The first yearly tariff indexation for inflation, which the amended concession allows from April 2027.
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