Private houses are being demolished on Arlouskaya Street in Minsk: the first stage is linked to metro construction

Private houses are being demolished on Arlouskaya Street in Minsk. Construction equipment is dismantling the first homesteads, and the cleared plots are being prepared for further work.

The first stage covers 17 private homesteads on 7th Arlouski Lane and the neighbouring 4th and 5th lanes. Demolition of the private sector in the area of Haya and Arlouskaya streets began in October.

About 20 private houses are being demolished in the 4th, 5th and 7th Arlouski lanes, as well as within the boundaries of Shchadryna, Haya and Arlouskaya streets. The work is under way on the stretch from Arlouskaya to Shchadryna Street.

Private housing in Arlouka will be demolished in stages. The first stage is linked to metro construction.

The owners of the houses have already moved out. They received either monetary compensation or apartments in new-build blocks in the capital.

The gas has been shut off in the abandoned houses. Some buildings have been disconnected from utilities and dismantled.

On the site of the private sector, plans call for demolishing more than 400 homesteads and building over 270 thousand m² of housing, as well as a school, kindergartens and a large retail facility.

The question of demolishing Arlouka has been raised before: in March 2025, urban planners amended the detailed plan for the area from Novavilenskaya Street to Haya, which provided for high-rise blocks, a tunnel and a metro station. A public discussion of the project was held at the time in Minsk's Central District.

A video of the demolition of one of the houses on Arlouskaya was posted on Threads on 27 October. Local residents also posted footage of the construction equipment at work.

The next stage will be clearing a plot for an apartment building. Apartments in it are to be allocated, among others, to people who will be resettled from private houses.