The District Court in Haifa, in its session as a court for administrative matters, responded today, 10/1/21, to the request of the association 'Keepers of Dania', which submitted, through attorney Anat Biran, an administrative petition against the decision of the Appeals Subcommittee of the Planning and Construction Council which rejected the appeals filed by the association and issued an interim order for the project.
As a reminder, the appeals sub-committee of the National Planning and Construction Council rejected last October the appeals submitted by the residents of Dania, the Greens of Haifa and the Haifa Municipality, against the "Green Dania" project which will be built on an area of 107 dunams in the southern part of the Dania neighborhood in Haifa. This is a wild area, on the slopes of Nahal Nadar and it borders the Carmel Park.
Will this decision tip the scales in favor of the residents? time will tell.
Court judge Tamar Sharon Nathanel stated in the decision: "After reviewing the petition and the request, I found that it raises questions worthy of discussion."
The chairman of the Greens of Haifa, Avihu Han, told Haifa:
I welcome the judge's decision to issue an interim order in favor of the residents of Dania. We the Greens help a lot to the association and the residents and we as respondents are an essential part of the petition. In 2021 we must preserve green areas for the benefit of our children's future and future generations. We will continue to act for the benefit of the residents of Haifa and the protection of the environment.
You are right, 4 floors are not allowed. The construction should be reduced to two apartment towers of 20 floors each as they did in Soroka and Ramat Dania opposite. There is no basis that there will not be high-rise construction in Dania as well, they are not privileged.
Destroy a Bibishel forest for a handful of rich people? Haven't they destroyed enough already? He was sent to Banush or Kiryut.. Lucky that a judge intervened..
It's a shame that Abihu Han did not act with the same determination for the residents of Romema, Ramot Sapir and all the neighborhoods around Givat Zemer that are harmed by the construction on the hill that was the green lung of all of us.