(live here on the roads) - The Haifa Municipality submitted a petition to the High Court against the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation and the Carmelton company, demanding that the Carmel tunnels be made a free public passage for all residents, just as was done in Jerusalem, where tunnels were dug in the mountain and residents travel through them free of charge.
(It is important to note that the filing of a petition is the beginning of the legal process. Later, we will update Hai Pa regarding developments in this process).
Summary of the petition: "Not only for the rich"
The Haifa municipality started a significant legal battle claiming that the toll model in the Carmel tunnels seriously harms the public's right to move freely within the city. In the lawsuit submitted to the court, it is claimed that the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation and the Carmelton company acted against the public interest, when they turned the tunnels, which were supposed to serve as a central transportation solution, into an economic obstacle for many of the city's residents.
The legal arguments: discrimination and violation of public rights
The Haifa Municipality states that the current operating model creates discrimination between the residents of Haifa and the residents of Jerusalem, where major transportation infrastructures, such as Highway 1 and the city's tunnels, are open to the public free of charge. The municipality claims that freedom of movement is a basic right, and that the collection of the toll restricts this right in a way that is disproportionate and does not comply with the principles of equality and justice.
In addition, the municipality emphasizes that the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Finance are responsible for approving economic arrangements that do not meet the transportation needs of the general public, and that the Carmelton company, which operates the tunnels, is acting for commercial reasons.
Freedom of movement - the first public interest
The Carmel tunnels, which were built in order to ease traffic congestion in the city and connect its neighborhoods, have become a tool that serves mainly those with means, while many are forced to avoid using them due to the high cost. The municipality sees this as a serious violation of the right of all Haifa residents to enjoy equal access to essential transportation infrastructure.
The fight for change
The Municipality of Haifa demands from the court to compel the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation and the Carmelton Company to make the Carmel Tunnels a free service, as was done in Jerusalem. The lawsuit emphasizes the need to promote transportation justice and improve the quality of life in the city, while removing economic barriers that make it difficult for the residents.
I go up to Carmel twice a week and I haven't used the tunnels in years. The price there is simply unreasonable and unimaginable. Financially, even in traffic jams, it is better to waste more time and fuel.
I don't travel in these two options, Route 6 and the Carmel tunnels. Just robbers, there is no other explanation. It is interesting to know who approves this robbery for them.
The garbage also forces you to turn around only at the interchange in the middle if you happen to get confused.
So you pay double and multiple.
In my opinion, all the mayors and councils of the kriyas and settlements should join him in the lawsuit. Enough, it's time to stop their robbery, their oppression. We also have the right to travel freely without payment like Baykoshlim. They charge high prices that most of us cannot afford.
So why didn't the Haifa municipality finance the construction of the tunnels?
It's nice to ask the state to build and then demand that it be free.
Sorry, but we pay enough taxes!
Really funny that you think that the Jerusalem municipality funded the tunnels in Jerusalem lol
While Yahav is chasing pigs.. there are some in the municipality who are successful in improving things
You're right, it's a precedent for every toll road in Israel and maybe even in the world...
Except for the tunnels, cancel the toll on Route 6 North Day Ever with this robbery, in Jerusalem you don't pay for the tunnels and in the south you don't pay on Route 6
successfully. justice will prevail
Kudos to the Haifa subsidiary municipality
My husband and grandchildren live in Haifa
and the road from Kiryat to Haifa
We take a detour because of the price
The highest for no reason😃😃
I wish all residents of Haifa to enjoy free entry to the Carmel tunnels
Every day I pay 23 NIS for one side only 600 NIS a month so it feels like it is being taken advantage of a lot
We are a country of law and the agreement signed with the tunnel owner cannot be contested unless we prove that this agreement was signed in violation of the law (which existed at the time).
I would very much like not to pay for passage through this tunnel and I also think that the price has increased for no real reason but if we simply prevent the property owner from using and enjoying the fruits of his labor then we are setting a dangerous precedent and next time entrepreneurs will think twice before doing business in this place.
It has nothing to do with the operator and/or the contract, the requirement is that the state will finance since in Haifa it entered into a contract where the citizen pays for the road and maximizes profits for the winner of the tender for a fixed period of time where his only interest is in the high price of tolls compared to many tunnels in Jerusalem that the state financed and people travel there for free therefore the state by Compensation to the company with whom it signed the contract will restore equality among the residents of the cities in the hope that the court will indeed do justice despite the lack of training that I buy for him
Not for the rich? Not for the exploited will suit more. What is the difference between such tunnels and highway 6 the thief? When the road was built, the gap between the traffic on it and the coastal road was huge, 2 seconds later with the number of vehicles that increased and increased on the roads in this country, it is audacious to demand payment for tunnels and roads that are all, without exception, jammed up to the neck.
That is true. Traffic jams are supposed to lower the value of road travel. That's why I hardly ever drive it.
Since no one is forcing you to drive on Route 6, there is a contradiction in your words, since Route 6 is congested when the other roads are, at least drive in traffic for free
Where is Gov Sara Regev? Justice and equality and against elites? Don't you think there is a limit to the expropriation of public spaces for making money? The toll prices on both Route 6 and the Carmel tunnels are exorbitant. There was supposed to be a nominal price! How much did the millionaire shareholders earn from the poor citizen who bears the burden of taxes.. Tired of this country that just knocks you over!!
Does Lihav have any achievements in the city?
Urban renewal in the coastal and Hadar neighborhoods successful?
Was the treatment of negative immigration successful?
Creating multiple jobs in the city 'succeeded?
Was the 100 day pig treatment successful?
Was the scare of the residents that we would sit in shelters without electricity and telephone successful?
Now he is trying to interfere with signed contracts and apparently on the way to another failure.
Yahav and Klish derailed Haifa into the abyss.
As every future model shows, widening roads and adding lanes will only encourage private vehicles to take to the roads and increase traffic jams in the country. We must take care of efficient and cheap public transportation (state subsidy) in order to bring about real change. It's a shame that our government cares more about increasing the tax fund than the welfare of the citizen.
Ask yourself, when did widening a lane or adding a road really reduce traffic jams over time?
No relief should be given to a private car, they want to give gifts to the residents. Add bus lines, lower train fares. Private vehicles should not be encouraged to enter the city. By the way, the payment is backed by the toll law and I am not sure that the court will face a ruling against the law.
I am shocked where the country has reached the low point of condescension against the people.... a country of capital, the government, the government is raised from the people, even on the roads 🤬 we owe a correction in the first place
The high price charged is also not justified at all.
By the same logic, Route 6 should also be open free of charge
It's true, it's time to travel for free on Route 6 anyway, it's busy anyway, at least if there weren't traffic jams, then it would be possible to die and it's a major axis in the country
There is no problem that it was not free, but NIS 22 each way is NIS 50 per day, almost they will take a reasonable price, it makes sense, I go to visit my father every day, a nursing person, I live in Kiryat, I have to pay NIS 45 from Nerf every day
Now remember?
Where were you 10 years ago!?
Oh, you got free passage in the tunnels for all senior officials of the Haifa municipality, bought them with silence fees.
innovation
This is absolutely brazenness of the first order
We will ask the site to find out and publish this detail
then
This is really corruption
Now remember?
Where were you 10 years ago!?
Oh, you got free passage in the tunnels for all senior officials of the Haifa municipality, bought them with silence fees.
Right-wing parties, as usual, have sold out the residents of Haifa and are handing out gifts to Jerusalemites at our expense.
The time has come for transportation justice in Haifa.
The Carmel tunnels must be open to drivers as was done in Jerusalem.
The Ministry of Transportation also disadvantages Haifa in Habatz. Soon there will be no trains in Motzesh for an entire year and the frequency of trains will be reduced on Fridays.
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the Ministry of Transportation is systematically harming it by preventing congestion at night and on weekends.
For years the residents of Haifa suffered from the noise of explosions when they built the tunnels. At least the residents of Haifa will have a free ride
Good luck. Artist and artist
Now if the free crossings are opened the other roads through Jaffa and through Ma'ale Givivor will be free for travel without traffic jams
As soon as there is no need to pay, everyone will travel in the tunnels and thus a traffic jam will be created that will prevent the fast travel
They deserve to be deleted, I forgot to transfer the new vehicle to the subscribers,
They took 80 NIS for two sections, instead of 23 NIS, thieves are the punishment
of greedy, thieves...
Already today there is no room for additional vehicles in the tunnels,
I wish Good luck!
It's time to make an order or let them travel at a reduced price or for free. They have been making money for many years
Despite the fee - it's worth it to me,
Traveling through the tunnels compared to traveling on the Jaffa road, shortens the travel time, eliminates delays at about 8 traffic lights, traveling in a straight line... Hence fuel savings and travel time savings and additional comfort and relaxation....
Therefore everyone should be allowed to enjoy the tunnel just like you.
If the Carmelton company is owned by someone from the Likud center, then they will not allow free passage, if not, then they will
Chalassas
What is the connection
One of the biggest environmental disasters in Haifa's history
He will also contribute to the price of donuts in Roldin 🤦🏼🤪
Let them rest
It's a waste of energy and time that will be spent on the legal process. The municipality cannot interfere in commercial agreements between third parties that were signed legally and religiously, even though, at least at the time, it welcomed the finality.
What's more, the argument that the tunnels cost money harms freedom of movement, doesn't it?
What a populist and hopeless petition.
Hope the High Court will throw them off the stairs and make it clear that the right to freedom of movement does not include the right to receive things free of charge at the expense of the taxpayers.
About 20 years ago, after it was decided on the existence of the project, despite objections, the claim of the economic model came up.
The project was initially presented as a "gift" at no cost - the developer is responsible for the construction and whoever uses it will pay a fee. Route 6, which has already begun to function, proved, as usual, that there are no free gifts. The state was forced to retire a "safety net" - from tax money, of course.
I am not familiar with the Highway 6 agreements - but in the Carmel tunnels there was definitely an identity of interests between the developer and the state. Both are in favor of raising the rate. The entrepreneur benefits directly, and the state will bear the financing of a reduced difference.
With a delay of decades, the municipalities understand what they tried to explain to their heads...
I wonder what fantasies of the petitioning mayors today will shatter in the face of the future reality.
Populism for his name. He used to participate in Hanukkah and is now a petitioner
Let them do something at the entrances to the Grand Canyon at the bus station
Then there will be big traffic jams.