(Live here with the imprisoned neighborhoods) - In November 2016, the great fire broke out in Haifa, in which hundreds of units were damaged in several neighborhoods in the city. After the fire, various ways were discussed to reduce the risk of another fire and the severe consequences that could result from it. One of the main conclusions was that it is necessary to avoid leaving neighborhoods locked in the city - that is, neighborhoods from which there is only an exit one out, so that in an emergency situation, in which a rapid evacuation of residents and the possibility of rescue and emergency vehicles being required, a bottleneck may be created, when all the residents who ask to evacuate will arrive with their vehicles at the same time towards the exit and find it loaded and blocked to the passage, which could actually endanger lives.
It should be noted that in the fire in 2016, one of the areas most affected was in the neighborhoods of New Romema and Givat Oranim, when there are several roads through which you can evacuate quickly and relatively easily.
Home Front Command Exercise
After the fire, as mentioned, different ways to solve the issue of the closed neighborhoods in the city were examined. The municipality marked the closed neighborhoods on the city map and considered ways to open each of them in other directions. The second step was to try to find financing for the construction of the new roads. At the current stage, the roads are in the planning stage, while the road from the Kabvir neighborhood is in the construction stages. The next road that the municipality intends to pave is the road between the Savioni Dania neighborhood and Ramat Alon, where in the first stage it is only a path breaking.
Mayor Dr. Einat Kalish Rotem informed that as part of the plan to connect the imprisoned neighborhoods of Haifa, the Home Front Command will open an escape route between the Sabioni Dania neighborhood and the Ramat Alon neighborhood as part of an emergency preparedness exercise.
Today, the Savioni Dania neighborhood has only one escape route, through Mendel Singer and Oskar Schindler streets, and the possibility of using the additional road towards Ramat Alon should provide a solution for the residents of the neighborhood in case there is a need to evacuate quickly.
Discussion in the city council - Sunday 3/12/23
Today, Sunday 3/12/23, a city council meeting is scheduled to take place, during which city council members will be asked to approve the financing of the project, the opening of the escape route between the neighborhoods, the estimated cost of which is NIS 700,000. During the exercise, the frontline command personnel are going to break through a 3-meter-wide passage between the two neighborhoods, which will be used both for the passage of the residents of the neighborhood and for the entry of emergency and rescue vehicles. Since the designated road has trees intended for preservation, the plan is to move them to alternative areas.
narrow path
The plan raised concerns among the residents of Ramat Alon that the residents of Savoni Dania who will use the road in the future, may enter the Ramat Alon neighborhood and increase the volume of traffic in the neighborhood and not use the crossing in order to pass the neighborhood and continue on the main road, through Biram.
Kalish Rotem addressed the claims and said that the planned road will bring the residents of Savoni Dania to the upper square at the end of the Ramat Alon neighborhood, very close to the main road, and therefore the residents of Savoni Dania have no reason to enter Ramat Alon. In addition, she explained that at the initial stage it was only about breaking through a narrow path as part of an emergency exercise.
The Society for the Protection of Nature demands an immediate stop
The Society for the Protection of Nature opposes the plan to break an escape route between the Ramat Alon neighborhood and Savioni Dania. According to the Society for the Protection of Nature, the escape route between Ramat Alon and Sabioni Dania is in a sensitive and undisturbed natural environment. "We believe that the construction of this road should be frozen, it is improbable to carry out this operation, as part of an emergency exercise with the Home Front Command. Before any breakthrough work is carried out in a sensitive area, environmental inspections must be carried out on the one hand and the security/safety need must be well justified on the other hand. It is also requested Carry out a proper procedure of public participation, before making a final decision, on the implementation of the works. If it is decided to implement the project, all the strictest environmental conditions required in this sensitive area must be imposed on the road operators."
According to the claim of the Society for the Protection of Nature, the planned axis will harm the environment between the neighborhoods, the planned road crosses a natural spur in an environment of woods and pines. "This area (the area of Nahal Ben Dor), even though it is in the heart of Haifa's residential areas, remains in its natural state and provides a true sense of nature to the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods who also protect their environment, cultivating paths and sitting areas for the benefit of the residents of the nearby neighborhoods in particular and the residents of Haifa in general. Near the start of the works in Ramat Alon is Wadi Ben Dor, which is a green lung for thousands of residents living in the area. The wadi is well marked and controlled by volunteers, who give tours of the area to the general public and keep it clean and tidy."
A re-examination is required
The Society for the Protection of Nature further emphasizes that the planned break-in route is in an approved plan from about 24 years ago. Over the years, additional considerations entered the world of planning and the ecological/environmental side received additional weight. Therefore, if the Haifa Municipality and/or the Home Front Command wish to break through an escape route between the Savioni Dania neighborhood and Ramat Alon, they must examine and re-examine the need in the face of the current environmental damage. In addition, the army (home front command) is not an entity with special expertise or knowledge in matters of roads, environment and planning (especially in the urban environment), therefore the breaching of the axis by it could be done in a way that would cause a lot of damage.
Another problem that emerges from the statements of the Society for the Protection of Nature is that in the municipality's publication it is stated that the works will be carried out under the guidance of an agronomist to ensure minimal damage to nature. "However, in our opinion, this is not enough, and a full and transparent planning procedure must be carried out, including public participation and a re-examination of the security/safety need, if any, compared to the environmental and scenic damage. In addition, an up-to-date nature survey must be carried out in the area by ecologists who are experts in urban nature surveys, which will check the The effect of the proposed road on the entire habitat and on all the values of nature in the flora and fauna."
In conclusion, the Society for the Protection of Nature requests to immediately stop the progress on the implementation of escape route No. 3 and enter into an open planning process including the participation of the public from the immediate area and from all over Haifa to discuss this important issue that could have devastating effects on the natural environment, which characterizes Haifa.
"This axis endangers the residents of the neighborhood more than it solves the risk"
Tomer Shalov, a neighborhood activist and member of the Green at Heart association: "The mayor is taking advantage" here is the utilization of a zoning ordinance that, in terms of the rationale, is intended for the establishment of an entire neighborhood, and when a neighborhood is established, they build it on all its infrastructure, prepare the lots, and so on, and then an entire area is created which is developed, including roads. The mayor abuses her authority in order to implement one small road that serves a political interest unrelated to neighborhood development. In addition, she brings into the picture the Home Front Command without any authority to intervene in the building of the city.
The planned road is an extremely dangerous road in terms of fire safety, because it is narrow and winding, and is a risk factor in a situation completely similar to the disaster that occurred with the cadet bus in Carmel. In order to make a safe way, you have to make a road 30 meters wide from side to side, and this is not possible in the area there. In other words, this axis endangers the residents of the neighborhood more than it solves the risk."
"More roads, neighborhoods and concrete"
"We saw in advance that the goal is to connect neighborhoods," explains Shalu. "In general, one can understand the residents' demand to get out of the neighborhood quickly in an emergency and deal with fewer traffic jams. The city wants more roads, neighborhoods and concrete. All the western connections of the city are requested, but there is a very important ecological corridor that connects the north of the country to the center. This has enormous consequences On earthly nature. There is a conflict between nature and the city's desire to develop. That is why the Society for the Protection of Nature joins in and opposes the move.
Hiking trails
"When we built Ramat Alon, there was a road that was supposed to connect it with Sabioni Dania," Shalu continues, "the road was not paved because of budget problems. Meanwhile, during the Corona period, I and other people from the Ramat Alon neighborhood developed paths in the forest between Ramat Alon and Sabioni Dania, and there are a lot of them there Hikers. We are now trying to connect this trail system to Nesher's Bridges Park. We heard that the mayor is talking about connecting the road that was already supposed to be opened between the neighborhoods. The problem is that it was done using a security situation, claiming that it is an emergency situation, and there should be an option to evacuate Savoni Dania We understood that the intention was to make a 3-meter-wide path there."
keep the forest
Our principled objection is not to a dirt road, which will be used only in emergencies. Our fear is that this will form the basis for the expansion of the road in the future and the realization of the original construction plans, which will erase the forest in favor of building public buildings. This may be an opening for any mayor to use the area of the forest for construction as he wishes according to approved and old plans. What is important to us is to preserve the special forest we have. The city has eaten enough of it and now it must be protected and the construction plans updated, so that they do not damage the forest. Our concern is about a two-way paved road with sidewalks whose section width before the approved plans is 19 m."
"We did not receive enough information to approve the construction of the path"
Avihu Han, chairman of Haifa's Green faction, claims that the council members did not receive enough information to know whether to approve the plan: "We will not approve any funding before we understand what Klish is planning, what it means, what are the required planning and statutory aspects, why are they not being implemented Public participation and the participation of the residents of the relevant neighborhoods on the issue, what does the Home Front Command mean in this procedure and many other issues. I will demand answers to all aspects of the issue at the city council meeting."
Do not pay property taxes until they build roads and open all the neighborhoods to traffic
How exactly will you stop the fire, dear colleague?
For the information of the mayor and the various planners, on the way to Yaram in front of the high-rises there is a path hidden from view which you do not know exists, the path is very short! And connecting the main road with Sabioni Dania, the short path connects Biram Road to the settlement's Kashret Street, and Orbach Street, it is possible to widen the path and make it accessible to escape, it is also very close to Abba Khushi Boulevard, thus making revolutions in nature and the forest all the way to Ramat Alon, the way is much longer Convoluted, and requires more expenses, what's more, there is a lot of congestion in Ramat Alon because of the educational institutions, there is no need to add. Please visit the place I recommended, and see it as an excellent solution! It can be done in a much shorter time! And this is how to solve the problem of the escape of the residents of Savoni Dania. And one hour earlier!
When weapons were stolen from the settlements, the police did not fight the thieves but took the weapons from the settlements, we know the result. The same is true here, instead of preventing fires, they open "escape routes" that will turn into a road and a sidewalk and a neighborhood.
The place is intended for the development of an entire neighborhood - hundreds of units. Why is the continuation of the neighborhood not being implemented?! Because there are people living there who do not want a few more buildings next to them?! Dania
Paving and building the rest of the neighborhood!
For the sake of our lives and the lives of future generations, we must prevent this plan and similar reckless paving of urban infrastructure on nature.
A high quality of life alongside vibrant nature extends the life of each resident of the region by a few years, so let's remember that alongside the hypocritical slogans that call for the destruction of nature for security purposes.
The only way to guard against a fire is to prevent it as soon as the fire is ignited, as all the professional surveys of the firefighting authority have shown since time immemorial. There is no need to reinvent science with alternative facts that suit politicians, simply rely on the professionals in the field and not on the whims of some residents who live in a horror movie their whole lives, which takes place in a very pastoral atmosphere alongside natural landscapes.
His father is enough to oppose any initiative -
We want roads. They want asphalt. want concrete want dirt Want slams. Want infection. enough to resist.
Allow Haifa to be destroyed, and also in Zan, it is an essential industry that flourishes the Haifa Bay, don't you dare demand that it be moved
And the Chinese port is an international charm of cooperation with a sympathetic and not hostile country. that will remain and be further developed as a Chinese-Russian base.
Aviho Han and the Greens are a permanent damage to Haifa
We have not received any information
We didn't see a show
We have not heard an update
We didn't get a message from the trees
Serial opponents of everything for his whims to make a living as a salaried deputy mayor. Klish didn't let him and raged at the opposition.
We sobered up! After the 7.10 there is no more room for the patience of all kinds of green organizations and activists "on behalf of". Danger to life above all. Even if it is a single percentage.
Savioni Dania is a huge neighborhood! A small spanzer at the beginning of Mandel Singer blocks the whole neighborhood! It does not make sense!! An emergency road with a gate must be paved. which can be easily opened in an emergency of any kind.
The default of 7.10 will not be allowed to repeat again. Everywhere there will be appropriate evaluations for *every* scenario.
I didn't read 2 percent of the article and I'm telling you that if we're talking about a locked-up neighborhood, let's see you freeing Hadar and opening a new axis that bypasses Vizhnitz Road, Mekor Baruch towards Nahal HaGivori Road.
You don't realize how many arteries you free from this.
Do you want aerial photography?
"the turner"
Where were the green organizations when the municipality cut down an entire forest in Sabioni Dania? Now you are afraid that a dirt road will be broken? Unparalleled hypocrisy. Soon the remnants of the grove are going to be eliminated and no one is compensating here!
How many words? exaggerated!
And besides, what is important in life, arguments or saving souls???
Let a path/road be paved and open only in an emergency.
without mental confusion.
How many dead do we need to stop fighting over nonsense
Life above all.
If something saves a life for me to pass through my garden.
Yay!!!
As you write, the road connection has been approved for 24 years.
Why pave?
Why who died?
In other places on the Carmel even 100 years after the confirmation
They don't build or pave. This is how a good manager works.
Roads must be paved in all the closed neighborhoods. The residents in every neighborhood are opposed, but it is imperative to ignore and move forward will save lives even if there is a little less nature. There is no lack of nature in Haifa
It is important that they make one of these also from Dania to the Carmel Castle, from Harofeh Street to Freud and from Haifa University to the Haifa-Talo road.
I disapprove of the fact that a narrow road can be paved that will later be widened, as happens in our country. If a crossing is necessary, there will be a dirt road for pedestrians. . As written above - in a fire situation - a road may be a fire trap. (The fire in 2016 in the Carmel forests was mentioned)
Apart from the importance of the forest and nature that we as neighborhood residents cultivate and clean, voluntarily, without budgets or assistance from the municipality. There is a neighborhood here, people and children. Schools, kindergartens, most of which are on the axis of the planned road. Residents of Ramat Alon will be in danger of their lives when the roads in the neighborhood become a freeway!!
The roads in the neighborhood are narrow. When a bus or a large vehicle stops, you are forced to cross a white line and other traffic violations, the consequences of which have caused accidents.
At the entrance to the neighborhood, the Alon School - you are welcome to come in the morning and/or hours when children are taken out and debate what a danger to children's lives every day!
On Fridays at noon, the entrance to the neighborhood is congested and if the road opens - the residents of Savoni Dania and the surrounding area will ask to save the traffic light - they will take a detour through Ramat Alon and then Ramat Alon will become a closed neighborhood in the event of an emergency.
Residents of Ramat Alon oppose the construction of the road!!!
There are other solutions for dealing with the confined neighborhood without harming the neighborhood and the Ramat Alon forest.