Construction companies involved in the  implementation of  their projects in the capital will have to work under  the new conditions - in particular, the Urban Planning Department of the City Hall is working on a bill that will oblige developers to construct buildings fully provided with  parking places for all residents or tenants of buildings.

It is expected that the project will be submitted to the Tbilisi City Assembly in February.

According to the basic version of the draft, the number of parking spaces will not depend on the number of apartments but on their area -in contrast to the current rules obliging builders to provide parking for each apartment.
 

Developers require the municipal authorities to cancel this rule saying  that otherwise investments in the construction sector may be reduced.

The  construction companies note that  this approach is unfair, since an apartment with a total area of 200 and 40 sq.m will get  the same number of parking spaces.

Executive Director of the company "Arci" draws attention to the problems faced by the developers because of the current rules.
 

"When the company builds  a 20-apartment building and has 15 parking spaces, the municipality refuses to accept it, because of what the builders are forced to adjust the project and combine several small apartments into one big," - he explains.

In his words, the lack of parking spaces creates  a problem in  Tbilisi.
 

 "If the construction company does  not have enough parking spaces, it is forced to build a two-story parking or reduce the number of apartments. Both of them bring considerable losses to developers, "- Tornike Abuladze adds.