In the absence of public transportation on weekends to the bases, the state will finance private car trips for reservists/Reuven Castro
The Ministries of Defense and Finance will finance the expenses of the reserve servicemen for traveling on toll roads as part of the financing of the travel expenses of an active reserve serviceman. The matter arose because of the need of the reservists, who do not have public transportation on weekends, to reach their units, especially those who serve in shifts, and to reach their homes after hours and when they are not on shifts.
Initially, the operators of the toll roads, Derech Eretz Company, and Route 6 North, which operate the Trans-Israel Highway, and the Carmelton Company, which operates the Carmel Tunnels, announced that they would fire reservists who would present documentation of active reservist service from paying the fines imposed on them.
Also for traveling through the Carmel tunnels there will be refunds for soldiers / Yoav Itiel
After that, the discussions focused on finding a suitable arrangement that would relieve reserve servants who rush home from their place of service. Following this, the Ministries of Finance and Defense announced that they would allow the financing of reservists' travel on toll roads as part of the financing of the travel expenses of an active reservist. The Ministry of Defense announced that it would bear half of the cost required to finance the additional expenses, and the Ministry of Finance announced that it would bear the second half of the cost, with the arrangement already in effect from October 7 until the end of 2024.
In light of this, the committee responded to the request of the Ministry of Finance, that the discussions on the bill seeking to grant an exemption from the fee for soldiers on their way to reserve service, of MK Hanoch Malbitsky (Likud), which was transferred to preparation for the first reading in the committee and aims to regulate it in legislation, will only start in early 2025.
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