The National Infrastructure Committee approved the plan for the M2 metro line: The Planning Administration announced today (Monday) that the metro will pass through the city of Bnei Brak, and its construction work will be carried out under Bnei Brak, also on Saturday. According to a source in the Planning Administration, the alternative that passes outside Bnei Brak was canceled and the alternative within the city was approved because a breakthrough was achieved in an agreement with the Bnei Brak municipality.
The length of the line is about 25 km and is an east-west axis that will connect the metropolitan center to its eastern part. This is the largest infrastructure project undertaken in Israel and its cost is estimated at NIS 150 billion. The route begins at the Yoseftal interchange in northern Holon and passes through southern and central Tel Aviv, continues through the cities of Givatayim, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Givat Shmuel and Petah Tikva and ends near the Segula employment area of Petah Tikva.
The line will serve areas designated for urban renewal along with providing service to important metropolitan centers such as Wolfson Hospital, Tel Aviv's Central Business District and Bar Ilan University.
In addition, the line will interface with other public transportation system lines. two metro lines to be built in the coming years, at the Peace Stations (M1) and Kfar Ganim (M3); stations of Israel Railways – HaShalom, Segula Petah Tikva; and the stations of the light rail lines: the Red Line - Hasmoneans, the Green Line - Habima Square, the Purple Line - Allenby, Bar Ilan and Kfar Ganim.
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