Posted on 11/21/2019 8:43:40 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Jerusalem residents and environmental groups see a threatened ecological "disaster" in the plans for a series of major infrastructure projects to expand roads and build intersections west of the city, being promoted by the Jerusalem Municipality and the Transportation Ministry.
The eight proposed projects, mostly for areas just outside the city, involve construction of a large park-and-ride lot with 1,000 spots at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Karem and highways connecting the suburb of Mevasseret Zion, the Castel National Park area and the outlying neighborhood of Ein Karem. The largest plan, recently presented for members of the public to submit their objections, calls for the construction of two underground tunnels at the Ora intersection, in southwestern Jerusalem.
Ein Karem residents and activists fear the scheme is aimed at reviving a huge transportation plan dropped about a decade ago, along with a plan to expand the city to the west and build new neighborhoods on what, for now, are green areas. They say the division of the blueprint into eight separate plans is aimed at advancing them “piece by piece,” instead of presenting an overall plan that would provide a full picture, which opponents say would be an alarming one.
The planning team rejected the criticism, saying the plan has nothing to do with the one shelved earlier, which was not designed to pass through the Ora junction.
Opponents, nevertheless, argue the proposed road would change the landscape, worsen traffic problems and give way to the construction of new neighborhoods in woodlands and open spaces. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and the Jewish National Fund have also backed residents warning of an imminent environmental and transportation disaster, as the new highway, on top of its influence on the landscape, would serve mostly private vehicles.
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Putting the earth before God, being pro LGBTQ and being pro abortion are viruses that are infecting both the USA and Israel.
They are weak spots in 2 great countries and I think the majority are still sane.
They just have to keep fighting back.
If Moses was allowed to complete his transportation designs, the traffic in and out of NYC and the Boroughs would not be as bad.
Projects were halted because of 1970’s environmentalism. bridges, tunnels, highways were never finished. 40-50 years later, they are now above capacity and a single failure, or even a car accident can create miles of traffic
As usual, letists will not go after the terrorists next door who lay waste to nations and everything they touch. What a joke.
Getting rocketed by Muslims sworn to their destruction — and they’re worried about this?
Have you seen pictures of the place? It’s a desert. What’s the worst that could happen, a tortoise gets annoyed?
Gen 28:14... and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south...
Nowadays, people are unrealistically opposed to highway projects. Having built 48,000 miles of interstates a few decades ago, a new touching-up of the national highway map would be small in comparison and highly beneficial.
Sounds like you would need some roads and other transportation infrastructure to effect such a move. Build roads: they’re Biblical!
The original system was completed in 1996. Add-ons, such as I-73, I-11 and I-42 are being worked on, but are coming along sluggishly.
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