are still cut off from the neighborhood and the frustration is growing • "Months have passed and no one is helping"

(live here in the neighborhoods) - Residents on Ariel Sharon Street in the "Verdia on the Sea" neighborhood claim that their residential buildings are disconnected from the Verdia neighborhood, this is contrary to what they were promised when they purchased the apartments. The tenants are frustrated that even though they live only hundreds of meters from Vardia, in practice they are not part of it, and among other things, they are frustrated that due to every small need to reach the neighborhood, they are forced to drive their children, instead of allowing them to get there independently. Moreover, the trip to Vardia is very long, despite the short distance, since they have to go through the Geula neighborhood, since the passage to Vardia is blocked.

As I recall, last September it was published in Chai Pa that the residents of Vardia on the sea are frustrated that the passage between their residential buildings and the Vardia neighborhood is blocked and that even though they contacted the municipality to help them, nothing has changed. Since 4 months have passed, the frustration of the residents is increasing, but the situation remains as it was.

The residents also say that many children are not ready to travel on the bus that passes through the Geula dormitory, because it is a long route that takes a long time, and so, as children do, they climb over the fence and endanger themselves.

"The area should be used as a transit"

The residents, claim as mentioned, that they were expressly promised that their street would be part of the Vardia neighborhood. and do not understand how it is possible that in practice they feel completely separated from her.

"I think you can only understand the injustice done to us when you come here and see the things," says one of the tenants on the street, "There is no difficulty here in connecting our buildings to the rest of the neighborhood, but in practice, they take the public space and put pavilions, mechanical equipment and garbage on it. We We don't understand this behavior, how can it be that we face such a great difficulty as a result of our separation from Vardia, but no one checks why this area, which is supposed to be used for transit, is full of objects and garbage. Our feeling is very difficult and the quality of life, both ours and The children, you are hurt. Only the difficulty of the children getting to school, when in some cases we are talking about children in elementary school who have to go to the Ehud school, and they do not have the possibility to do it from the Verdia neighborhood, like the other children in the neighborhood, it is simply unthinkable."

"4 months the municipality ignores"

"The municipality of Haifa has not responded to our letter from the building committee for 4 months," says one of the active tenants. "I don't understand how there can be a situation where we contacted the municipality on September 4st, exactly 1 months have passed, and we have not received any reply. The developer took over (it is not clear if with the consent of the municipality) a public area that belongs to the residents, without any justification, since he is not building the road, and he Only the area he owns, which is about 5/XNUMX of the mountain, needs to be fenced off. What actually happens is that the developer blocks the area that was supposed to be for the crossing, and took over the entire mountain for his needs.

"Close, but very far"

The developer is simply preventing us residents from moving and harming our quality of life. When the apartments were sold to us, it was explicitly said that we were buying apartments in the Verdia neighborhood, and the prices were also accordingly. In practice, it is not even possible for our children to cross on foot, let alone cross with the car. It's very frustrating that I live so close to Verdia, but all day my kids ask me to drive them, because they have no way to get into the neighborhood. What is so difficult to connect us and exempt me and the other parents from these never-ending transports?

"a very long drive"

"You have to understand that every time to enter Vardia from home, through the Geula dormitory, it is a very long journey. If I drive a girl to class and a boy to a friend, and every time I return home, my entire afternoon is journey after journey and for no reason. If they allowed me to cross on foot , the children would easily go to their friends independently. Many of us drive the children, because we are afraid that in order to shorten the way, they will climb fences and get in danger. Our great frustration is the feeling that it is so easy for the municipality to collect the property tax from us, but it is so difficult to help us , or at least give us an answer when we turn and ask for help."

According to the residents, even religious tenants who have to leave Eric Sharon Street and get to the synagogue in the neighborhood find themselves in trouble because the street is blocked. "We see all the children here, but also children who want to get to the synagogue, climbing over fences and we are scared to death, that in the end a child will fall and a disaster will happen here. Why not take care of it before a disaster happens?"

Ofek Batan: "The road is the responsibility of the municipality"

The company "Ofek Batan - Initiation and Construction" stated in response that the neighborhood is a neighborhood under construction, and that everyone who bought the apartments knows that there is still no connecting road, and in any case, the road is the responsibility of the municipality.

The municipality's response to the article will be attached when received.