Cranes above the garden with the approval of the municipality: "Give up our children for contractors"
Parents of children in the kindergarten cluster of bells in northern Tel Aviv found that cranes from a nearby construction site are placed above their children. After contacting the Tel Aviv municipality, they realized that placing the cranes near the kindergarten was already approved. "Danger to children's lives," the parents were furious. Reason for change "
Cranes above the garden with the approval of the municipality: "Give up our children for contractors"
Photo: Parents' Committee at the Tel Aviv Sea Lands, Editing: Amit SimchaA month ago, parents of a cluster of kindergarten children in Bell Tel Aviv discovered a construction site in which cranes stand above their children's garden, which is home to about 30 children. Parents were amazed to discover the garden courtyard, two cranes towering above the kindergarten, with a few meters away from the crane unloading area, alongside concrete mixers, heavy trucks and laborers. Surprisingly, the Tel Aviv municipality, which is responsible for granting permits for building site safety throughout the city, did not even tour the construction site nor supervise the site plan, which determines where the levers will be located within the site.
Despite repeated warnings from parents about the safety hazard next to their children, the municipality sent an answer that raised parents' anger that any change in the work plan would cost money to the entrepreneur, so there is no reason to change it. The parents say the crane locations are adjacent to the preschool, on a public land appropriated in favor of the construction site, when the same contractor could place the cranes on the far side of the garden, but he declines that there are sales offices that welcome buyers.
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Crane at a construction site near a garden cluster, 03.09.2019 (Photo: screenshot)
Deputy Mayor Tzipi Brand and Daria Even, the municipal kindergarten coordinator, answered that their demands could not be met. "The answer you will not like to hear is that the site complies with the safety rules and the approvals have been received. We could have done that and we could have been calm." They added, "However, prior to the rule of law, we are trying to change the situation that is right in all respects. The cost to the entrepreneur to change the stance on the lot is high and there is no practical reason for it to be or we can force a change. If we can make a change we will announce."
Yifat Pasternak, mother of one of the preschoolers said in a conversation with Walla! NEWS that "We arrived one morning without warning and discovered two cranes in the garden yard, just a few meters away from the crane unloading area, and it is right next to the children's yard." Pasternak added: "There are concrete mixers there, working on dangerous trucks and tools. When we met with the developer, a contractor, Elad Resident of Tshuva and the construction company Tidhar, said they had a crane, a computerized element where cargo cannot pass over the garden. But that really doesn't satisfy us. " She explained that "there is a real danger of crane collapse here. No one can guarantee that this will not happen. The whole area of discharge is right inside the kindergarten."
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Pasternak said two serious issues arose during the meeting, one being that the Tel Aviv municipality did not approve the site plan, ie where the crane and its discharge area would be. "When it comes to a construction site near a preschool, it's really a crime not to do it," she said. "None of the municipality visited the site. When we issued them the aerial photograph of the construction site alongside the garden, they simply stuttered and had no answers." According to her, this whole story could have been avoided if the municipality had visited in advance, interfered with the site plan, removed the lever and placed it in a different location from the yard. Pasternak added that a construction site near a kindergarten is a dangerous, delusional and irresponsible thing. "This is a real danger to our children's lives. It is not possible that during a week when we hear about work accidents on construction sites, the Tel Aviv municipality is shutting down our children because of plans by entrepreneurs and contractors, not monitoring and not taking caution."
"Rubber Stamp of the Capital Owners." Tel Aviv Municipality (Photo: Erez Michaeli)
Ecological pool in the background of the Tel Aviv Municipality building, Rabin Square (Photo: Erez Michaeli)
Omar Zumrich, the father of one of the preschool children, said it was unclear why the developer chose to place the crane close to the preschool instead of putting it in the open area where the sales offices are located. "The municipality gives answers that the city is being built and there are construction sites between buildings in the area, it's a crowded city and there's no choice but to take risks, but it's not the case that around there are empty areas owned by the developer, and the only thing stopping them from putting the levers there is that he has sales offices with potted plants. Beautiful and all at the expense of our children's safety. "
Sommrich wondered why the Tel Aviv municipality was not intervening and suddenly Doom is silenced in front of the contractor. "It is not possible that with regard to entrepreneurs and contractors, the Tel Aviv Municipality is a rubber stamp of the capital owners." He said that in addition to the crane being in an open public area that had been confiscated in favor of the construction site, "instead of using the developer's area again and where the crane is there, there is a sales office."
"A heavy load swings in the wind over the children's heads." The construction site plan alongside the gardens
Construction site plan next to kindergarten, December 26, 2019 (Photo: screenshot)
He explained that "tens of tons of cargo sway there in the wind over my children's head, how can I send my child to kindergarten wholeheartedly? I'm not ready for my children's kindergarten day to become another headline in the paper," A miracle from a work accident. "
He added that "the children do not get out of kindergarten because the kindergarten staff fears for their lives and does not take them out. It hits the educational kindergarten routine." He claimed that on January 1, the parents notified the Tel Aviv municipality of discontinuing kindergarten activities. "We will not send our children to kindergarten as long as the Tel Aviv Municipality continues to ignore the parents' claims and cooperate with entrepreneurs instead of serving the public that pays every month for municipal taxes and funding the salaries of those officials."
No response was received from the Tel Aviv municipality.
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Letter to Aitem Construction site near the garden cluster, 03.09.2019 (Photo: Parents' Committee, official website)
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Letter to Aitem Construction site near the garden cluster, 03.09.2019 (Photo: Parents' Committee, official website)
