(live here) – The residents of Verdia woke up on Monday 19/2/2 to a worrying and nerve-wracking day as rocks collapsed and stones fell in the wall that was cut in the Mitzpe Verdia project, which is also called Verdia on the Sea. The chairman of the Greens of Haifa, Avihu Han, who raised the alarm about the wall at the beginning of the project, turned to the city engineer and demanded his intervention in order to prevent harm to the residents.
Life in a quarry
As I recall, more than 7 years ago they started carving the mountain adjacent to the Verdia neighborhood in order to build new housing units as part of the Verdia project on the sea or Mitzpe Verdia. Already at that time the residents complained that their lives had turned into a life inside a quarry. As the project progressed, more problems were discovered, one of which was related to the fact that the wall that supported the project began to crumble.
In 2019, the chairman of the Green faction Avihu Han raised in the city council the alarming issue and the danger as a result of the works being carried out, as they could endanger the homes of the existing residents and the new homes in the future.
At the time, he turned to the engineering officials in the municipality - the director of the inspection department and the chairman of the engineering administration, and asked them to immediately get into the thick of the beam and make decisions regarding the processes required to prevent the collapse. But nothing happened. In the meantime, the buildings were built and inhabited and yesterday, as mentioned, the wall collapsed into the parking lot. The residents of the neighborhood turned to the municipality , who told them that it was a private matter not related to the municipality and that they should contact the developer and the contractor.
Billy Baruch, a resident of the neighborhood told in a conversation with Lahi Fa:
It's scary and worrying. Luckily there were no people in the parking lot when it collapsed, otherwise a disaster would have happened. Larger rocks may collapse. We demand help from the Haifa municipality. I also have to point out that the only person who opposed this project in the planning and construction committee was the chairman of the Greens, a member of the city council Avihu Han.
Lizzie Zeev, a resident of the neighborhood, said to Lahi Pa:
The project started during the period of Yonah Yahav and the failure continued during the period of Klish. I came into the picture when Klish was running the city, we called everyone and cried for help for the disaster on the way. City council member Sharit Golan raised our cry, she included the chairman of the Union of Cities for the Protection of the Environment, the CEO of the municipality at the time, Ohad Segev and Nir Levy from the Engineering Administration Division, to the tour. A serious internal report was issued to the committee and the city engineer. But we residents have no idea what they did with them. Nir Levy left, Segev was fired, but not before giving a permanent order to stop the explosions that caused a lot of damage to the residents. But then the municipality claimed that the contractor brought an opinion From an expert who determined that the wall is standard and cannot be appealed. We the residents were left with so many unanswered questions.
Letter to the city engineer
Today, Tuesday 20/2/24, the chairman of the Greens and the candidate for mayor Avihu Han addressed an urgent letter to Ariel Wetterman, the city engineer, in which he asked to check the collapse of the rocks and the falling of the stones in the wall that was cut in the Mitzpe Verdia project.
In the letter, he stated that in the project, tens of meters high walls were carved that abut the houses of residents on Arik Sharon Street. In the recent rains, there is a phenomenon of deterioration of rocks that creates a dangerous hazard for both the residents of the new houses and the residents of Vardia. It is necessary to quickly carry out an engineering inspection of the situation in the field so that we do not reach a disaster, God forbid.
In a live conversation Han added:
This issue is very disturbing and very worrying. I demanded from the city engineer that he go into the thick of the beam and not leave the subject. There is a responsibility here of the municipality of Haifa. Stones fall and deteriorate from the mountain and the walls. It is necessary to carefully examine that there will be no danger to the buildings that are above the mountain on the one hand, and also that there will be no danger of stones falling into the newly erected buildings.
The municipality should send its engineering team and examine and tell the developer what needs to be done to prevent danger to the health of the residents on the site. The residents of Verdia should not suffer from a project that is under their homes.
Who approved the project that destroyed the mountain? should go home now
Worked on Verdia residents. The developer put Mitzpe Verdia there on the continuation of Kaniel Street. I wonder if the municipality joined the bluff in order to raise the property tax for the residents of Kaniel, the scar on the mountain looks terrible.
Thank you Lihav. Lucky he's not the mayor. The old man
Verdia... in the sea, I don't understand what the problem is.
The wall collapses and whoop…… you reach the sea…🤣
No one pays attention to what is happening in the Haifa municipality's engineering department, we must dismantle it and check how entrepreneurs receive permits
supporting wall
Correct me if I'm wrong
The Verdia project on the sea was approved by the municipality of Yahav including the name of the project
In my opinion, with the current mayor, such a project, the configuration of which harms nature, was not approved also because of the pigs that were driven from their place of residence and became a hazard that is used to damage the image of the municipality, and its chances of being elected
Correct me if I'm wrong
The Verdia project on the sea was approved by the municipality of Yahav including the name of the project
In my opinion, with the current mayor, such a project, the configuration of which harms nature, was not approved also because of the pigs that were driven from their place of residence and became a hazard that is used to damage the image of the municipality, and its chances of being elected
I wonder how they are chosen to be a reporter at Hai-pa?
may I join ?
Do you pay well?
The poor jackals, the pigs, the antelopes, all the animals of the Wadi were left without a home, without food because of people who do not respect nature and do not see in the eyes anything but money, and in addition, this is not in the Verdia neighborhood, it is the foothills of redemption - the one that the contractor called his project "Verdia on the sea" is another work for the eyes and here are the results, with First, a city that specializes in architecture, which also requires improvement with a claim it received before it was elected
This project is a lie and a lie - a contractor who wanted to sell tried to raise the status of his project and called it "Verdia on the sea" and also announced that the project will be built in the Verdia neighborhood - what a job in the eyes it is not in the Verdia neighborhood!!! It is below the Verdia neighborhood down on the slopes of the mountain bordering the Geula neighborhood - and so in the article you continue to say "in the Verdia neighborhood". From the beginning, everything in this project was conducted with combinations and unreliability
This project is a lie and a lie - a contractor who wanted to sell tried to raise the status of his project and called it "Verdia on the sea" and also announced that the project will be built in the Verdia neighborhood - what a job in the eyes it is not in the Verdia neighborhood!!! It is below the Verdia neighborhood down on the slopes of the mountain bordering the Geula neighborhood - and so in the article you continue to say "in the Verdia neighborhood". From the beginning, everything in this project was conducted with combinations and unreliability
His father Han is absolutely right. Always to blame
You are the alarmist. It is quite clear that everything was done carelessly without supervision and the results are finally visible.
His father Han warned, she didn't.
It is amazing how the current municipality seeks to embrace the successes of others and escapes responsibility for every problem and omission. What do they refer to entrepreneurs? Who gave licenses and permits? Who should monitor the performance? Come on - home!
I did not understand. In the pictures here and in the article, you don't see a collapsed wall.
What you do see in this article is a trending publication in favor of Avihu Han.
The question arises as to whether this is a journalistic article that has a public interest behind it or whether the whole intention is to increase the fortunes of the contestant in the upcoming elections. Try to count how many times the candidate is mentioned in the aforementioned "journalistic article".
Garbage municipality! Only knows how to collect property tax
Garbage municipality!
The risk, as we previously warned both the city engineer and the residents, was already in the quarrying phase. This quarry endangers both the residents of Verdia in the upper part and those in the neighborhood that was built below!
The responsibility for this risk is on everyone who ignored our warnings!
We are in a redemption dormitory.. the neighborhood under these buildings is suffering and living in a quarry from the first moment and no candidate has come forward. The municipality does not enforce the laws that the contractor must observe, so what's the wonder that the supporting wall is screwed up?
It's not a rose on the sea, it's soon a rose in the sea. Investigate the engineering company that planned the infrastructure and operations of the project. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they are civil engineering graduates with affirmative action.
This is a municipality that lacks professional personnel due to the election of "Yasmen" as the mayor of the city and its supporters. Supervision of construction and its anomalies does not exist. Approving plans with quarries that create walls and, on the other hand, not paying attention to seepage...and here are the streets that have turned into rivers and grooves and pits. Who are you all there to discuss stupid meetings, and dozens of projects are passed on in a matter of minutes without a deep thought about their consequences? The city is heating up. The trees are cut down. And the main thing is that you all stood on the stage last night at the university and spoke... pompously... come on... let's move forward with the appointment of honest people who are not financed by the entrepreneurs. And work to clean the engineering administration from corrupt and unprofessional forces and those who despise the public they serve.. and the tenants who bought the apartments with blood... are you blind?? You knew very well what would happen..a wall with nets..really...sue the developer..the municipality won't help you anyway..the dream is skyrocketing there.
Public relations before the elections? When did you alert? Did you warn in writing? to whom?; Why did he neglect the contact and did not contact again and again?; And if he applied, where are the references?
The mayor of Haifa, Dr. Labinin Arim
Please, Ms. Kalish, for your urgent care
The Muslim city of Haifa is another city on the continuum of Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, Haifa, Jaffa, Gaza, Rafah. Friends, we are on the way to destruction!
Verdia on the sea or Verdia as a solid rock?
Verdia on the sea or Verdia in the rock festival.?
Destruction and destruction of the landscape, and nature rebels. A violent and offensive construction especially for the slope that was there. The whole city becomes one big, ugly wound in the mountain.
To be precise - there is no retaining wall there at all. They talk about a wall but there is no wall. This is a cliff that was excavated and a net was hung on it to prevent the deterioration of stones.
It is a steep and dangerous cliff both for the houses below and for the houses above.
It is very doubtful whether a professional investigation of the stability of the slope was carried out.
The municipality does not have an engineering team with professional qualifications to carry out tests on this site. Land consultants at an appropriate level should be consulted.
The "professional team" in the construction licensing division entrusted with approving projects of this type is not technically qualified to express judgment and the result is only at the initial stage.
The situation will get worse as long as the correct solution is not implemented.
Urgent action must be taken to find the necessary professional solution and to remove the danger that appears at any given moment.
Father, you did not succeed in the council to prevent any destruction, everything has passed. You were just writing letters. Letters and articles. Letters and articles.
I will never forget an article in which you say that you called the transportation minister Michaeli regarding the cable car and received a voicemail and you were not answered.
Say is it serious? Lauper and Yael Shenar 5 years from the greens prevent the thinning of wild boars together with Klish.
You are useless. To stick projects - in the end they get up in any case. You tried to plug the Yuval Alon on the sea route, here the project is up and about to be populated. You were silent when Kalish handed over structures to the ultra-orthodox parties because you wooed them to leave Kalish's coalition. Well, here they are, what did you do? nothing. You voted every year in favor of a budget. You did nothing... !!! Opposite advice - you caused damage because you let Klish cause damage.