Givat Zemar - a new neighborhood in Haifa - work has begun • Information about the project • Photos from the area

A few weeks ago, the infrastructure works began in the Givat area of ​​the Zemar neighborhood.

Heavy engineering tools that can be seen in the area of ​​the Avraham Ofer bridge leading to the Ramot Sapir neighborhood are breaking through to the depths of the hill while maintaining the framework of the plan that was approved after 274 objections in the sub-committee for objections in the Haifa district of the Ministry of the Interior, headed by the district commissioner Mr. Yosef Mashalev which decided at its meeting on 29.06.10. XNUMX for approval.
This road will be one of the main roads that will lead to the depths of the new neighborhood, a point of great importance in relation to the many transportation problems that will arise after its establishment.

The 212 dunam plan covers a wooded hill surrounded by 5 residential neighborhoods: Ramat Remez to the east, Givat Almogi to the south, Givat Oranim and Ramat Ben Gurion to the west and Ramat Sapir to the north and beyond Hankin Road.

The plan includes the construction of residential apartments in category B instead of category A which was originally to allow denser construction, another point that is important for those who are thinking about living here.

One should pay close attention to a simple but crucial fact:
The neighborhood does not include public buildings such as clinics, schools, kindergartens, playgrounds, etc., but residential areas with a relatively high density (similar to Ramat Chen) and a small number of green areas.
The buildings are planned to have 5 residential floors, each of uniform construction throughout the hill, not including floors 1-2 where there will be parking and warehouses and not including attics.
The roofs are designed to be covered with tiles for the sake of beauty, a small consolation for those looking for the simulation of a luxury neighborhood in a forest of buildings and apartments.

It would be interesting to see a neighborhood that would include about 4000 residents and over 2000 children without kindergartens in the immediate area. It should be noted that there were quite a few objections to its construction on this background.

The aforementioned buildings with 5 residential floors each at the level of classification B will include 2 parking spaces for each apartment, which will result in over 1500 cars that will have to leave every morning and enter every afternoon in the relatively closed neighborhood and will cause quite a bit of traffic jams and quite a bit of suffering for the residents who will have to endure entrance routes and exit are problematic.

Access from this area comes from a fairly busy road which is a main thoroughfare between the Neve Shanan area and the Hadar area, the very busy Grand Canyon, Ahuza and the Carmel, which will certainly make it difficult to enter and leave the neighborhood.

By the way, Haifa Municipality will benefit greatly from the program.
Not only improvement levies are expected to enter the coffers but also and above all a lot more money from property taxes for residences. The municipality of Haifa is considered one of the most expensive cities in Israel in terms of property tax per square meter.
850 apartments where each one pays about NIS 8,000 per year bring in an estimated additional income of about NIS 7 million. Also a point to consider.
The increase in the property tax, which increased this year by an excessive 5%, for those who are not in the know, is linked in half to the cost of living but in the other half to the salary of the municipal employees.

Let's get back to the point. All in all, a neighborhood that will be good for the contractors, good for the municipality, but less good for the tenants who will live in it.