From a busy and polluting road to an urban and green continuum - this is how Jerusalem is going to look (visualization) (Photo: Dagan Visual Solutions; Kolker, Kolker, Epstein Architects office)
Will Jerusalem change its face?
The District Committee for Planning and Construction today (Monday) approved the deposit of the large plan for the roofing of Menachem Begin Road in Jerusalem.
This is a large and important plan that will connect the west of the city to its center and create an important green ecological axis between the south of the city and the north.
On the surface of the future roofing area, there will be crossings for the benefit of the public through the spacious park, which will cover about 70 dunams, and will include bike paths, walking and many green areas, with the aim of serving the city's population and connecting the western neighborhoods within a short walking distance and without the presence of vehicles at all, when The axis will be served by the green line of the light rail.
In addition to all of these, the plan proposes the construction of residential areas, hotels, commerce, public buildings and employment, with an emphasis on knowledge-intensive industries, and will allow the addition of about 2,000 apartments for the general public, about 250 units for sheltered housing, about 300 hotel rooms, and about -10,000 square meters for trade.
Visualization: The plan will allow the addition of about 2,000 apartments for the general public (Photo: Dagan Visual Solutions; Kolker, Kolker, Epstein Architects office)
The roofing plan will stretch from the Wolfson Interchange in the north to the Beit Interchange (Givat Mordechai) in the south, along about 1.7 km, and will create an urban continuum that will expand accessibility between the city's neighborhoods - primarily Beit HaKerem to the Hebrew University, the Advanced Industrial Park (Hojitec), Center The city and Kiryat
HaLaum The Hebrew University's Advanced Industrial Park (HojiTech) will meet the park in its center next to an ecological garden that will link the park with the Geological Institute.
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A complete life cycle
The program incorporates a complete circle of life from the nursery and kindergarten (6 kindergartens and 3 new day care centers), through elementary school, middle school and high school (the school near the university), to the university campus in Givat Ram and the advanced employment it will offer.
The population of Beit HaKerem will find themselves a short walk from the light rail stations that will run along the tangent route to the park.
The rows of houses in the Beit Hakerem neighborhood will benefit from a positive and significant change and the removal of noise and air pollution hazards that currently come from the Begin road.
In addition, as part of the municipality's policy of prioritizing public transportation, Begin Road itself will be entitled, in the areas of roofing, to a public transportation route.
Visualization: The roofing plan will extend from the Wolfson Interchange in the north to the Bate Interchange in the south (Photo: Dagan Visual Solutions; Kolker, Kolker, Epstein Architects office)
The plan is the result of a strategic collaboration between the Jerusalem Municipality, the Israel Land Authority (RMI), the Jerusalem Development Authority and the District Committee, which together make it possible to turn a vision into reality.
The Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon:
"The Begin Road Roofing Plan is a strategic plan that is part of Important and central in the revolution passing over Jerusalem, as part of the advancement of the city towards a better future.
The plan improves the environment in an important project that adds many green areas to the city, for the public's welfare, while utilizing land in an optimal way.
In addition, it will increase the supply of apartments, commercial areas, advanced employment and hotels, in an innovative and advanced way and will even add green lungs to the city."
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