As many as 1,600 elevators or 70% of all the elevators existing in the municipality of Chisinau have been used for over 25 years, which is their recommended work life. A sum of 26 million lei is needed to modernize them. Another 330 elevators are over 35 years old and need to be changed. They can be replaced at a cost of 330 million lei, but the municipal enterprise “Liftservice” cannot gather such a sum even during 10 years, said the company’s director Ion Stanciu, quoted by IPN.
Over the last few years, the company received by 3 million lei from the municipal budget, while in 2014 the sum will be raised to 10 million lei. This money is for maintaining the elevators, not yet for making investments, said the director.
In 2013, from the company’s resources there were repaired 261 elevators, while from the budget allocations there were replaced three elevators and modernized another four.
According to Ion Stanciu, the problem of elevators in the municipality of Chisinau may be solved during the next 10 years if the annual allocations from the budget rise to 40 million lei or if the charges for elevator use are increased.
