No one is in the news: "Apartment prices will continue to rise as long as the main beneficiary of the land is the state, which owns most of the land in Israel," says Guy Donnenfeld, CEO of the Association of Urban Engineers and Architects in Israel in an interview with Israel Hayom. Donnenfeld believes that the planning challenges facing The government that will be formed are similar to those of the outgoing government. "There is no change in the challenges facing the previous government to the current one.
Not only have the problems not been solved, some have even gotten worse.
The housing crisis was and still is, and the infrastructure crisis in the field of transportation - and in general in everything related to infrastructure, which in the end constitute a barrier to the development of new neighborhoods - is also felt.
Guy Donnenfeld,
"In my opinion, the challenges are to shorten the time for issuing permits, simplify bureaucracy and increase planning certainty. Among the possible solutions: strengthening the local/regional committees and improving the employment conditions of the engineering teams in them, in the spirit of the actions taken by Minister Ayelet Shaked at the end of her term; continuing the reform of the planning committees. At the end of the spectrum of actions that require enactment: a new planning and construction law, which will be up-to-date, modern and efficient together with a building code as is customary in Western countries.
"It turned out that the available licensing system is a problematic system, and in the end it lengthened the road to the long-awaited permit. There is room to consider adopting better and friendlier systems, and which interface directly with the committee's management system, and it is better in general to establish one system and not the unnecessary duplication that exists today."
There is no shortage of programs
In view of the emerging government, is planning investment expected in the ultra-Orthodox sector and in settlement in the Yesh beyond what is happening today?
"There does not seem to be a problem of a lack of plans, and planning is not a function of a sector but an overall view. Each sector has its own unique problems, but there does not seem to be a need for a special planning investment. As for Yosh, as long as Israeli law does not apply there, they will continue to benefit from both worlds and act according to Israeli or Jordanian law as the case may be."
What planning advice would you give to the new government regarding construction in these sectors?
"To see the needs with a broad vision and to provide an answer for the entire population. In essence, there is no need for special planning for the Jewish community or the ultra-orthodox population, these are people living in settlements.
What is important is to give people a good quality of life."
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