Mayors against the National Committee for Construction: "conducted with rapacity"/Reuven Castro
In an angry letter sent last night (Wed) by the Local Government Center and the 15th Forum (Forum of the Independent Cities) to the Chairman of the Israel Land Authority and the Director of the Israel Land Authority, the mayors claim that the approval of new residential construction plans in Israel was carried out in a predation and exploitation of a period The elections in the local authorities.
"Unfortunately, in recent times, while taking advantage of the local authorities' election period and the great attention they are paying first and foremost to the war effort, there have been many cases in which large-scale construction plans for residences have been entrusted, despite the express opposition of the local authorities in whose territories the plans are promoted," they write Later in the letter
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they give as an example the discussion of the large construction plan in Hadera (TML 3002) which was approved by the TML and caused great controversy between the municipality of Hadera and the Israel Land Authority, which we first exposed in Vala Real Estate.
Let's recall that yesterday (Wednesday) Rami informed the mayor of Hadera, Nir Ben Haim, that his fight was successful and the discussion of the plan will take place once more, most likely after the elections.
This, after Ben Haim managed to harness other mayors to support his fight, as can be seen In the letter they sent: "This rapacity is reflected, for example, in the 3002 TML, the purpose of which was to add about 8,150 units and about 47,950 square meters of commerce and employment east of the city of Hadera, which was approved on January 31, 2024, as well as in the 3007 TML" South Gilolit District" (the purpose of which is to add 17,000 units in the Gilolit Junction area. These plans are being promoted by Rami despite strong opposition from the local authorities. These and other similar plans include significant broad implications in many aspects - planning, economic, environmental, infrastructure and institutions Public, congestion, electricity supply and more."
"The programs do not meet the needs of the residents they were intended to serve"
In the letter, the mayors describe "a serious concern that the plans do not provide a sufficient response to the needs of the population they are intended to serve and of the existing residents, including public needs and all that this implies, water infrastructure, sewage, electricity, transportation, runoff management and flood prevention, planning that takes into account the The increase of the climate crisis and the recurrence of extreme situations of strong storms, floods and continuous heat loads".
"It is unthinkable that the programs will be promoted despite the express opposition of the local authorities in their field to the promotion of the programs, and without adequate responses to the needs as stated above. We strongly oppose the carrying out of hijackings, and predatory behavior towards the local authorities, and even more so when this is done under the auspices of the municipal elections and when the authorities are busy All of them in providing answers to the residents in a state of war."
"We demand that you freeze the promotion and approval of Tamal 3002 and Tamal 3007, and bring them to renewed litigation with the local authorities, and this after the local elections are over, including the second round, where necessary. Also, we demand a fundamental change in the conduct of the Tamal" to the local authorities, so that a recurrence of this kind of situation will not be possible, when promoting large construction plans in the territories of the authorities", the mayors conclude.
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