Around 1,000 advertising boards will be removed in the city center according to a new regulation. The Chief of Ulaanbaatar City Governor`s Office, the General Manager of the City, B.Badral introduced a proposal for a new rule to organize large advertising boards that clutter the city center during the meeting of the Citizens” Representative Khural on February Monday 25th. Representatives seriously discussed the issue of advertising board cluttering the City and decided to act on the proposed rule. Ulaanbaatar City Governor`s Office initiated the proposal for the new rule to organize the advertising boards. It is estimated that currently there are 2180 large advertising boards from 274 companies and organizations in Ulaanbaatar city.

In remote districts such as Nalaikh, Baganuur and Bagakhangai there are over 100 advertising boards. Ulaanbaatar City Governor`s Office receives numerous complaints about the un-tidiness and affect of large advertising on traffic security and appearances of the Ulaanbaatar City from citizens.

According to the new regulation the District Administrative will be in charge of issues relating to the placement of advertising bill-boards.

The proposed rule submitted by the Ulaanbaatar City Governor`s Office is designed to arrange the advertising boards by setting a standard, erasing the bad affect on traffic security and the appearance of the city.

According to the rule some advertising boards will be removed from streets and avenues in the city center and a list of streets, squares and buildings where advertisement bill-boards will be forbidden will be made. There will also be a standard for information boards for organizations, offices, cultural attractions, education, entertainment, banks, institutes, trade and services and auto repair service.

The most important part of the rule is establishing the placement of advertisement bill-boards.

According to the regulation passed by the Citizens` Representative Khural on Monday the authority of organizing the boards will be transferred to the District Administrative. The District Administrative will be in charge of signing a deal with contractors to place the advert bill-boards, canceling the licenses and extending the lease period.