"I have no problem with the cable car traveling on Saturday for those who want to enjoy the view"
About six months late than the original deadline, the cable car that connects the "Central Bay" station to the Technion and the university set out.
In honor of the launch, the CEO of Netivei Israel turned to a conversation about the delay in opening, the speed of travel and also the explosive issue of activity on Saturday, which at the moment will not be
Liat Ron
12/04/2022
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 15:16 Updated: 15:46
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With a delay of six months and after many obstacles, which included terminating the contract with the operating contractor, "Yaffa Nof", the legal dispute between the Austrian company that set up the project, the outbreak of the coronation epidemic, and a political struggle in Haifa that prevented Form 4, the Haifa cable car First.
The cable car project, which connects the Lev Hamifratz station to the University of Haifa and the Technion, which costs NIS 330 million, was launched ten years ago and was scheduled to begin at the beginning of the academic year, but was postponed when the last obstacle Netivei Israel (NATI) had a political struggle by the ultra-Orthodox factions in the Haifa municipality, against the opening of the cable car on Saturday, which delayed the issuance of the final permit to operate it.
Currently, the cable car will not operate on Saturday .
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Cable car in Haifa (Photo: Official website, Photo - Netivei Israel)
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"It took us half a year longer than we planned and I like it less," said Nissim Peretz, CEO of Netivei Israel in an interview
with
Radio North 104.5FM.
.
The planning took three years, the execution three more years, and the amazing Austrian safety company met all the conditions and worked well during the Corona period.
The delay is due to a bureaucracy between us and the Haifa municipality, in bringing Form Four.
The legal issue was between the franchise company and the Austrian company, a legally complex business.
It must not happen, it happened, we succeeded it and paid a price in time and not in money.
We will learn and learn lessons.
The current Minister of Transportation is making supreme efforts to solve the problems. "
Will the cable car operate on Saturday?
"Usually I do not enter these corners because I do not engage in politics at all, me, as a man wearing a kippah, was taught in one court - live and let live. I have no problem with the cable car traveling on Shabbat for those who want to enjoy the view. "It leaves the issue to the politicians and I will be happy with any decision that is made."
"The journey from the Gulf station to the university takes 19 minutes, significantly shortening the time, half the time it takes in a car. We have a faster function, but in light of safety warnings and against the background of the disaster in Italy, we are more careful at first. This is significant, the speed and weight function is critical here. "
The cable car will operate Sunday-Wednesday from 06:00 in the morning until 00:00, on Thursday from 06:00 in the morning until 02:00 in the morning (the next day), on Friday from 06:00 until 17:30 and in the evening Saturday from 20:30 to 00:00.
The frequency of the line is expected to be trolley every 15 seconds, and the passenger capacity is 2,400 passengers per hour in each direction.
Nissim Peretz, CEO of Netivei Israel (Photo: Ancho Gush)
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