Status update - June 2016
About the program - a brief explanation:
"The program for a zone with reduced emissions from transportation" is a statutory program, promoted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in several cities in Israel. Haifa will be the first city in Israel where the program will be implemented.
The idea of this program is to prevent the entry of polluting diesel vehicles into populated areas.
The program focuses on the heavy vehicles, where only vehicles with the Euro 4 standard or higher or old vehicles that have a particle filter installed, will be allowed to enter the reduced pollution zone. In the attached appendix you can refer to the exact definitions of "polluting vehicle", but in short it can be said that these are heavy and old vehicles, on which particle filters have not been installed.
In the first phase of operation, it is planned to prohibit the entry of heavy polluting vehicles (trucks and buses), while in the next phase of the project, the restriction will also be extended to taxis and vans, which meet the definition of "polluting vehicle".
The Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a call for garages in the area to submit bids for a tender to install filters in vehicles, in order to allow these vehicles to be upgraded and enter the reduced pollution zone.
The status of the program - draft for approval by the authorities
Rabbi, for your perusal, the draft which was completed in April 2016 and submitted for the comments of the chiefs bordering on the plan, according to section 77. On 10/7, 60 days allotted to the bordering chiefs to respond to the draft will pass. At the end of the comments, the plan will be published for the Haifa City Council and public comments. At the same time, the committee will be established to hold Ongoing public participation, throughout the life of the project. The members of the committee will be the representatives who submitted nominations here on the Hai Pa site and with additional representatives from environmental organizations, from the organization of the carriers as well as from the project administration.
reminder:
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The draft plan for your review - April 2016 version
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