Good news for Kiryat Yam following the visit of Transport Minister Miri Regev to the city: a metro route will be promoted from Jerusalem Blvd. to the beach and along it, along with a series of other projects.
Minister of Transportation Miri Regev visited Kiryat Yam today (Thursday 11/5/23), together with the top of her ministry, representatives of Ayalon routes, Harald, Israel Railways and more.
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Innovative transportation plans
During her visit, Minister Regev received an overview of the promotion of Kiryat Yam Municipality's innovative transportation plans, including a master plan for mobility, detailed planning of bike paths, transportation planning within the extensive urban renewal, and more.
The field of transportation is of special strategic importance to Kiryat Yam, which is in the midst of an unprecedented construction boom, which will add about 7,000 units to the city in the coming decade, accordingly the partnership with the Ministry of Transportation is essential for promoting and improving the quality of life.
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Matron to the beach
The significant news for Kiryat Yam includes the immediate promotion of a matron path from Jerusalem Avenue to the beach, which will continue along its entire length and will help accessibility to the beach, both for residents and visitors from outside.
In addition, the promotion of the pedestrian bridge project between Kiryat Yam and Kiryat Motzkin, the instruction to the Israel Ports Company to add Kiryat Yam to the restoration plan for the Gulf beaches which so far only included the beaches of Haifa, the continuation of transportation planning for bicycle paths and more.
Also, the maintenance of Sderot Jerusalem, including the issue of traffic lights, which is a traffic challenge, will be transferred to the responsibility of Ayalon Routes.
◄Mutual satisfaction - a working meeting between Minister Regev and the Mayor of Kiryat Yam, David Ibn Tzur • Watch
Fighting the traffic accidents
Kiryat Yam participates in the plan of the Ministry of Transportation and the National Road Safety Authority (the National Road Safety Authority) to fight road accidents and will carry out actions to the extent of approximately NIS 6 million to treat areas where there are many accidents and/or a lack of road safety measures.
Minister of Transportation, Miri Regev:
"We have come to connect the city of Kiryat Yam and provide a transportation solution to the many challenges facing the city. I was happy to announce the promotion of the Matron route, the development of public transportation infrastructure and the expansion of the Blue Line, all for the benefit of the residents of the city and the State of Israel. I thank the mayor, David Ibn Tzur, together We will lead a transportation revolution. Kiryat Yam is moving forward!"
Mayor of Kiryat Yam, David Ibn Tzur:
"These welcome steps have economic significance in the scope of tens and hundreds of millions of shekels and are an unequivocal expression of confidence in the growth and development of the transportation sector in Kiryat Yam. Kiryat Yam has been blessed with a wonderful stretch of beach, and with the help of Minister Regev and the Ministry of Transportation we will be able to further increase accessibility to the beach, which visitors Every bathing season, about half a million people. I welcome the partnership, the results of which have direct positive effects on the quality of life of every resident of the city and would like to thank the ministry and municipality teams for their mutual work."
The article can serve as an explanation as to why the mayor, the city council, and the city engineer must be replaced in Haifa in October.
In the Haifa municipality there are 31 council members and deputy mayors - no one holds the public transport portfolio!
There is no department that includes public transportation in Haifa, there is no promotion of pedestrians in the city, no renovation and development of staircases, elevators and bicycle paths, which is critical.
Every list for the city council must include, in my opinion, public transportation experts who will coordinate treatment of a critical issue for urban development. In Tel Aviv, Mittal Lehbi, the deputy mayor, handles this and that's how it should be in Haifa.
A wise mayor who understands that the good of his city is above all else and aligns himself with the elected government and the ministers and apparently Kiryat Yam is progressing and enjoying positive immigration, construction on a huge scale and young couples moving to it.
Not like in Haifa, for example, where a candidate for mayor stands with a sign and demonstrates against what? The legal reform... it's really wise to open doors in Jerusalem like this... how will our city progress like this?
Of course, the right to demonstrate is important, legal and democratic, but while half of the people support the legal reform and the government in Jerusalem, responsible candidates and mayors, in my opinion, should at least present a neutral and conciliatory line.