ArmInfo. More than half (53.2%) of respondents in Yerevan have a negative attitude towards the issuance of mass permits for construction of buildings in the city by the Yerevan Municipality and towards cutting down trees (52.6%). This is evidenced by the results of the survey "Speak, do not speak:", by the consulting company MPG.
So, when asked to express their attitude towards the issuance of construction permits, 34.6% of respondents stated that they have an extremely negative attitude towards this, another 18.6% are rather negative. Only 17.8% have a positive attitude towards this, another 25.1% are rather positive, and another 4% found it difficult to answer. Regarding the cutting down of large, old trees in the city and their replacement with decorative sakura trees, 36.8% of Yerevan residents assessed this step by the capital's municipality negatively, 15.8% rather negatively, 22.5% rather positively, 18.4% called this step correct, and another 6.4% found it difficult to answer.
A slightly different picture was shown by a survey of residents of the center, where the felling took place. 41.4% of respondents rated these actions of the capital's mayor's office negatively, 13.1% called them rather wrong, 19.2% called them rather right, 21.2% called them right, and another 5.1% of respondents found it difficult to answer.
Respondents were also asked to rate the condition of roads and drainage systems in Yerevan on a 5-point scale, where 5 is excellent and 1 is bad.
The following picture emerged: respondents rated the process of paving the capital's roads with 2.9 points, the process of repairing potholes in the roads with 2.6 points, and the condition of the city's drainage systems with 2.5 points.
When asked to evaluate the level of public utilities provision using the same system, Gazprom-Armenia showed the best result. City residents rated the level of gas services at 4.4 points, the level of electricity provision at 3.3 points, and water supply at 3.5 points.
The respondents rated transport services at 3.7 points, the landscaping process at 3.5 points, garbage removal at 3.4 points, and cleanliness at 3.2 points.
The survey was conducted by telephone calls to residents of Yerevan from July 30 to August 2 of this year, the sample size was 808 people, the sampling error was +/- 3.5%.
In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the Gallup International Association - one of the most prestigious and independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG, working in the market of sociological and marketing research, has implemented more than 800 projects of various scales.
