The Ministry of Transportation, the Haifa Municipality, the Israel Ports Company (HANI) and the Airports Authority (RA) signed an agreement today that allows planning to advance the extension of the Haifa airport runway up to 2,100 gross meters and 1,900 net. At the same time, the municipality of Haifa will remove all its objections to the continued establishment of the Gulf port and will provide all the approvals and permits required from it. Nachshon Tzuk rejects the rumors about the compatibility of the field for medium-sized planes and says: "planes from destinations in Europe will be able to land here." The Haifa Municipality estimates the potential of extending the airport runway by half a million to a million tourists who will land here on their way north: Nazareth, Kinneret, Caesarea, Acre, Hermon, etc.
Until today, small planes serving nearby destinations, such as the Greek islands and Athens, could land here.
Nahshon Tzuk, deputy and acting mayor and one of the architects of the agreement, said to Lahi Fe, in response to claims regarding the ability of medium-bodied aircraft to land in the planned field:
In terms of the length of the route, the agreement is about 1,900 net and 2,100 gross. To put it in perspective, the field on the island of Mykonos (Greece) is 1,900 meters long (that is, 200 meters less than the planned field in Haifa). Mykonos is served by flights of aircraft such as the Airbus A320 from England, a range of 1,580 miles.
We are talking about a much shorter range, 1200 miles, ie Rome Budapest Kiev.
The location of the terminal is also not suitable for the movement of passengers and a new location must be planned for it.
Nahshon Tzuk explains: "The old terminal is in the western part of the field. This building is not earthquake-resistant and its renovation is necessary, for safety reasons. This building is located in the opposite place from the Crossing of the Gulf train station, so it has no connection to the transportation centers. We plan to move the terminal to the western side of the field and attach it to the train station. The train is 300 meters from the track, but today you have to travel about 6 kilometers from the train to reach the terminal.
The soldiers of the Air Force's technical school walk about 600 meters every morning on a winding track to the technical school. We are interested in a tunnel from the Gulf crossing station, which is about 300 meters long, to the GATE which will be on the eastern side of the route.
Signing the agreement - the one that goes out and the one that comes in
As I recall, the Haifa municipality, led by Kalish, opposed the continued approval of the Gulf port plans, as long as these plans do not take into account the planning of the extension of the field and even prevent its extension in the future. In doing so, the Haifa Municipality created a delay in handing over the Gulf Port to the Chinese operator, which began to cost the state heavy fines.
With the departure of Minister Yisrael Katz from the Ministry of Transportation (a minister who "did not go with the vision of a cliché", to use gentle words...) and the arrival of the new Minister of Transportation, Bezalel Smotrich, new winds began to blow in the Ministry of Transportation and thus paved the way for a change of attitude regarding to extend the field.
The agreement was signed today at the end of a number of meetings that took place between the Minister of Transportation, Bezalel Smotrich, the Mayor of Haifa, Einat Kalish-Rotem, CEO of the Ministry of Transportation, Keren Turner-Eyal, Deputy and Acting Mayor of Haifa, Nachshon Tzuk, CEO of Namali Company Israel, Shlomo Beriman, Director General of the Airports Authority, Yaakov Ganot and representatives of the Ministry of Transportation, Haifa Municipality, Israel Ports Company and the Airports Authority.
Minister of Transportation, Bezalel Smotrich He welcomed the cooperation with the Haifa Municipality and noted that the opening of the Gulf Port is expected to open the port industry to competition and improve the level of service for the port's users. According to him, the new port will enable the strengthening of the Haifa metropolis and will bring with it jobs, new roads and advanced logistics centers.
The mayor of Haifa, Einat Kalish-Rotem, also welcomed the agreements
This is great news for the city of Haifa and the entire northern metropolis. The airport is an essential economic lever for the north of the country. We are all happy about the beginning of cooperation with all the Ministry of Transport officials.
The Director General of the Ministry of Transportation, Keren Turner-Eyal, welcomed the willingness of the parties to reach compromises which will enable the continuation of the important programs for both the Ministry of Transportation and the city of Haifa. According to her, the agreement will make it possible to reduce the delays that arose as a result of the objections of the Haifa municipality and other parties, with the aim of changing the planning of the new Gulf port. According to the plan, the Gulf port is expected to operate in the first half of 2021.
as part of the agreement, The municipality of Haifa undertook to remove the administrative petitions submitted by it that delayed the establishment of the port. It also pledged not to take legal action in the future regarding the construction permits for the new port.
In this context, Kalish stated that her opposition to the development of the fuel port, as part of the Eastern Port complex, remains as it was and that she opposes the continued development of the fuel industry, a development that contradicts the "Green North" vision presented by Minister Kahlon.
What about the Julius Simon road that the route will cut through. Will pass under the runway
Association for Change in Haifa: It seems that the municipality of Haifa does not understand the economic contribution of an international field to the city, probably due to their lack of experience in the field and failure to examine and employ economic experts on the subject. The decision she made is to close the door on an economic anchor that can contribute to an additional 40% to the city's annual GNP and in fact will result in the loss-making operation of an airport that will fall on the taxpayers of Haifa.
The association submitted to the municipality and the government a suitable alternative proposal that was examined by economic factors and aviation experts, which could lead to the establishment of an international airport next to the new seaport without harming the area and operation of the seaport. The fact that the municipality did not consider this proposal and is completely disconnected from any attempt at negotiations and help, will be arousing Rabbi, does the city administration want to preserve Haifa as a poor and aging city whose young residents are abandoning it or does it wish to turn it into the capital of the northern metropolis. The association will do everything in its power to change this decision.
This airport is not a single anchor of a city. There are plenty of thriving cities without an airport. Livelihood, quality of life, transportation accessibility are also anchors. And if the beach strip and the whole maritime theme in Haifa (tourism, sailing, water sports) are anchors, they are significant anchors. Ra'anana is also thriving and does not have an airport.
The website of Shinio in Haifa does not go up
In the past, it was stated that they would not allow the route to be extended due to safety considerations regarding control issues, and it was noted that there is a disruption of the Carmel Ridge. Does the current approval mean that the safety warnings were false claims?
Safety stories because of Carmel grandmother's stories
Landing in Israel above Gush Dan is much more challenging from a safety point of view. In Haifa, banking and landings will be towards the sea and from the sea
Breakwaters on the south coast you forgot