Residents of Yochaved and Abigail Streets, adjacent to Shimshon Street in Haifa, were surprised to discover this week that five applications were submitted for TMA 38 projects in their neighborhood. The applications include significant deviations from the policy document of TMA 38, and may seriously affect the unique character of Wadi Ehud - Yochaved, Wadi is narrow and environmentally sensitive. Residents warn that any damage to the Huadi territories could lead to the destruction of the natural space and serious damage to the quality of life of the local community, which enjoys the green areas and the natural landscape of the area.
Changes to the permit policy
Starting from January 2025, changes are expected in the permit policy for TMA 38, which will not include the extensive concessions that are used today. According to the residents, the applications for the projects were deliberately submitted at this stage, with the aim of having time to benefit from the existing concessions, before the new regulations come into force and "the tap is turned off".
The residents of the neighborhood express serious concern about the construction plans submitted for their residential complex. According to them, the narrow streets in the neighborhood are already facing a parking shortage and heavy traffic congestion, and adding new projects will worsen the situation significantly. Most of the requests for projects border the wadi, and the residents warn that the proposed construction will cause serious damage to their quality of life and the ecological system of the area. They also add that the problem on Yochaved and Abigail streets is part of a wider phenomenon, which also affects nearby streets such as Shaar HaGai, Ehud, Yotam and Samson.
"We will have to park in Sefer Square"
"Yochabad Street is a one-sided and narrow street, which includes 20 three-story buildings with tiled roofs," describes one of the residents of the neighborhood. "Abigail Street connects to it, a very narrow two-way street with no exit." According to her, the neighborhood was originally planned similar to Ehud Street, which is also single-sided, with three-story buildings and tiled roofs surrounding a public garden. Yochaved and Ehud streets are located on the edge of Wadi, and in their center is a public garden used by the community. All the streets drain to Yotam Street, where several projects have been built in recent years as part of TMA 38, which has resulted in a significant change in the character of the area.
This week, applications were submitted for the construction of five additional projects on Abigail and Yochaved streets, including one project between Yotam and Yochaved streets, which joins four new projects in the area that have not yet been populated. Already today, old and new residents on Shimshon and Yotem streets are also forced to park on the narrow Yochaved and Abigail streets, which creates heavy parking congestion. If the five new projects are approved, a situation is expected in which the residents of Yochaved and Abigail streets will not be able to find parking near their homes and will be forced to park at great distances. The problem is further exacerbated by the blocking of the sidewalks by parked vehicles. "Our streets will not be able to accommodate another 100 families," the residents claim.
'The reason we chose to live here'
The resident of the street states: "Yochabad Street is a mostly flat street, and the vegetation between the buildings contributes a lot to its visibility and the privacy of the residents. If five huge concrete buildings are built here, it will completely destroy the color of the street, and in addition, the damage to the sunlight will significantly damage the houses, the vegetation and the animals in Wadi."
Regarding the parking plight, she adds: "Yochabad and Abigail streets currently fail to provide parking for all residents, and there are buildings where the tenants do not have private parking spaces. During a tenants' meeting held this week, it was mentioned that the new construction could damage the existing parking spaces on the streets, which could lead to additional parking problems. This situation may cause other buildings to turn to the solution of TAMA 38 in order to establish additional parking lots at a reasonable distance. A 'snowball' will form here - what will happen when 10 projects are built in such small and narrow streets? There will be no trace of the quality of life that made us choose to live here."
Damage to the quality of life of the residents
"The parking problem is not the only problem, we also suffer from traffic congestion and are afraid of destroying the character of the neighborhood," says the resident of the street. "During rush hour, the exit from Yochaved Street, which is not signposted, onto a main road (Yotam), is very problematic. The traffic jams already start on Ehud and Shaar HaGai streets, so in some cases, if you come from Ehud Street, you can wait 40 minutes just to get out of the neighborhood. The question is What will the situation look like when the number of tenants doubles or triples, and will the traffic loads and infrastructure withstand this, while maintaining the residents' quality of life."
Special regulations for special areas
"What we are asking from the municipality and the planning department is to hold a meeting and examine the neighborhood as a unique and old settlement, and not as a transit route," says one of the residents. "Youchaved and Abigail streets are very communal - everyone knows everyone, we have an active WhatsApp group where you can always get help when you need it, we have a community library, stalls for children, and centralized shopping from farmers. We also hold a toast during the holidays, and we are very afraid of what might happen to everyone this."
"We examined the municipal policy document for TMA 38 requests from 2020," she adds, "and we found that there are 'special' areas such as Shambor, the red roofs in Neve Shanan, Haina Street and the old Carmel, which have their own regulations to maintain their special value. It seems that our neighborhood has been forgotten, even though the neighborhood has similar characteristics, with important architectural and environmental value."
The residents sent a letter to the municipality, in which they ask to find a solution that will ensure the preservation of the residents' quality of life: "We are asking for your urgent intervention. We invite you and your team to tour the neighborhood, in order to get an impression of the findings on the ground and to hear our position. We believe that balanced solutions can be found that will enable development , while maintaining the quality of nature and the life of all residents."
The Haifa Municipality responded:
We attach great importance to maintaining the quality of life of the residents and maintaining the values of the landscape and urban nature in the old neighborhoods of the city, including Abigail, Yochaved Ehud streets and the surrounding area. Accordingly, every construction request is examined very carefully, taking into account all the claims raised by the residents. In addition, the municipality is working in cooperation with the Directorate for Governmental Renewal to prepare a building renewal plan designed to replace TAMA 38 after its expiration. The plan that is under the authority of the district committee will refer to all aspects of construction, including: landscape, environmental quality, traffic and more - will be discussed in the near future by the district committee."
As if this is their father's neighborhood. cope
Building for generations (on the weight of crying for generations)
Why are you talking about a neighborhood? Speak for yourselves. I live in Shaar HaGai and I look forward to the day when we will have a Binoy evacuation. The street is not accessible to pedestrians, an ascent as if ascending to Hearst. There is no shade, there are no trees, but the main thing is that you pay property tax like Golda or Dania.
People have lived on a street of 800 meters for years and do not know each other because they have never walked. So at least we will enjoy construction so that the building will not fall on us during the earthquake.
Of course, you have to take nature into account, but also the residents, so compromises are needed. Most of the estate neighborhoods must undergo renewal both in terms of infrastructure and construction while preserving nature as much as possible.
There is only one reason for this: the state's permission and even encouragement for a population explosion, when this is joined by the gluttony of the masses who literally want to destroy the state in order to satisfy their financial greed.
It is no longer a few people here and a few people there, but a multitude of the majority of Israeli Jews.
So there is only one and only way to prevent this, and that is the destruction of the majority of the Jews of Israel through Yesha Meshemim, through the reversal of the course of history to the point where Israel will be attacked militarily with enormous force, which will lead, with God's help, to the mass destruction of the Jews of Israel, and will exterminate most of the supporters and initiators, the judges and the people of the municipalities and the local and regional committees in this regard, and then They too will be destroyed and depleted, and the construction companies and the banks and the state treasury will also be emptied and bankrupt, and the population will also be extremely small. from at least twenty percent and then this would eliminate the need to increase construction due to population explosion.
Amen to him!!!
Statistically you will be one of those who will disappear and maybe it's a good thing
I would love to hear about plans implemented by the Haifa municipality to improve the lives of residents in areas where many Tama projects were implemented and similar plans for the future. What is the rationale behind the improvements, etc.
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money money money
In the end there will be no nature left, especially in the cities
And the next generation won't like nature either..
Those who love nature are endangered and will be harmed..
But it already started a decade ago and also 20 years ago simply today money is more significant and the cost of living obliges those who love money to make more and more money and this is the most effective solution house by house as many floors as possible and hope you've made a full profit
The title is misleading and the nagging commenters are clueless and shameless. A much more interesting variety of "character". What progress are you talking about? These are two tiny streets where the introduction of heavy equipment will block them completely and massive construction will block them in an illogical way, such that it could not but certainly cause in private (medical) or more extensive emergencies (for example during a fire) a risk of death. I have a feeling that there are very innocent or paid commenters here.
Haifa is a city. Those who want to live in the village will find housing in the village. New buildings, protected, not falling apart - essential for residents. TMA programs are national programs - not local.
really
do not fall apart
The new houses are like a cardboard house
The houses of 100 years ago will last and the walls and window ceilings are not falling apart and are not in a terrible state for the nation of the new houses that have started to be built
Stupidity and ignorance bring destruction.
Haifa is a city on earth. What does it have to do with it being a city? Does this mean that it is allowed to destroy every piece of land and nature?!
Vegetation areas have a meaning that does not depend on whether humans defined it as a city or a settlement. Oxygen, shade, cleanliness, and an ecosystem that man cannot survive without.
A land eats its inhabitants. not allowed to live It is difficult here in every respect. It will not be idle to enjoy life and not know how to preserve a beautiful land, immersed in natural treasures. In the end, who wanted to come to Barak here?
You don't have a chance, the municipal piggery puts a stop to the residents, the movie is over.
Yona introduces us to the city. How on earth did people vote for him again. Crying for generations
On the one hand, renewing old houses and strengthening them, on the other hand, increasing the population from a small area.
And why are there no construction evacuation plans planned in Hadar? There the community matures and grows old. Crime is on the rise, not to mention the neglect of infrastructure and cleaning.
You can write more and more.
Bottom line. money. A lot of money that will go into the municipality. And for contractors of course.
It's hard to get used to progress and it's even harder to cope with changes.
The aforementioned changes are for the common good, which is not of interest to these residents who oppose.
The changes will increase the value of their properties and that is not good either.
Tivon is waiting for you because honor does not allow you to go to the castle, the eagle or the green Kiryat.
Haifa was never lucky enough to have a good mayor. Maybe with the exception of austerity. A city with a potential for beauty and quality of life that is unmatched anywhere else in the country, and it is being destroyed by the decision makers in the municipality with opacity and stupidity.
It's really, really sad that it's happening all over the city?? From Maam Ahuza and near the center of Carmel?
In addition to the desire to make Haifa a white city in fact, Haifa/The Carmel is becoming a place for a large bathroom due to the permission for contractors to cover the houses with white tiles.
Even from Mohar, when the day comes, there will be a danger of the tiles falling
The only thing that interests the municipality of Haifa are the entrepreneurs and not the residents of the city.
Just as they destroyed Machal Street in Kiryat Haim with the "Building Densification" project, so will they continue to destroy other neighborhoods as well.
Crowding and suffocating us is their motto.
Maybe they want MMD, to be ready for the Fourth Lebanon War...
There are no… human beings so unbearable….
They don't do TMA 38 for those who complain.
They do TAMA 38 complainers.
Come on early retirement and I will fly from this country to Australia...
Once again the failed old man is selling Haifa to building saboteurs
Who cares about wadi or vegetation or people I didn't understand?? Just build and destroy with dollars in your eyes. Those who want wadi and vegetation should take themselves to Europe.
You are just destroying all of Carmel. Have a good and blessed week everyone and happy Hanukkah 🕎
You only destroy and destroy in the whole of Carmel and bring in workers who are only more dangerous to the public. Your destruction will drown the whole
They don't care about anything. Etzioni wanted to be elected in order to bend the rules in favor of his investment in real estate in forgotten neighborhoods like Printsek and now you will see that in a few years there will be no green in Haifa except for the soccer team...
I'm sorry to disappoint.
Nothing will help you, from experience on David Pinsky Street, which goes through the same process.
We reached a district committee with an appeal - we failed because there is no point in blocking the real estate pigs who build monsters to maximize profits, with the cooperation of the municipality for generations.
This is true for all the streets of the old Carmel, indeed in Pinsky the situation is as difficult as in the other streets,
There is no street that has not been attacked by the name of 38 Hatama,
And we must not raise our hands, our voice must be heard.
You are invited to the Green Carmel Guardians group on Facebook.
There is no adaptation to the character of the Carmel in Tama's projects, it simply does not fit, crowded, conspicuous.
Embarrassing department, the municipality's engineering department.
From what I know, these are really pleasant streets that are not at all suitable for grandiose projects of this type.
I hope they will succeed in the fight to protect our city
In the coastal neighborhoods, the poor tenants have been waiting 20 years for urban renewal and the municipality still does not approve.
The faces of the crumbling buildings in Yoav, in Saadia Paz, in Melech Shaul and the other streets in the neighborhoods of the beach-Mahdal of the mayor and the one in front of him.
In the coastal neighborhoods, the developers and builders of the TMA cannot make a cash register! They are just pigs!!! A penthouse in the coastal neighborhoods - will cost a third of the price compared to the Carmel... What did you expect?
You are right, in the beach neighborhood it is more profitable for contractors to build, also the prices are higher there today facing the sea
The big problem is that the infrastructures are not expanded in parallel with the requests.
The neighborhood remains with limited and/or inadequate infrastructure. The damage will not always be immediate
And no one will take responsibility. And this is in addition to the construction period that will cause suffering to the residents.
An appropriate balance must be found...
These are such small and crowded streets that there is no possibility of expanding infrastructure there. All the quiet Carmel is gone
A "faithful reader" wrote here about the TMA scam.
Until now, the matches for Minahan are destroying the Carmel, the wooded and beautiful areas of Haifa, what makes this city beautiful and special!.
The matches are not suitable for Carmel. Large traffic jams are created, there is a lack of public parking spaces that are taken in favor of the developer and the contractors, in addition, noise, pollution and overcrowding are created.
Jonah Yahav Pasha, destroys the Carmel for the greed of money.
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It's simply ridiculous how Yona Yahav sells the beautiful, quiet and pastoral Haifa to real estate sharks, all for the greed of money...
There is nothing unique about your streets. See Ehud Vintam
This is true for all the neighborhoods on Mount Carmel
All the neighborhoods were damaged and are damaged, green urban damage, and serious damage to the quality of life for years. It is recommended to read the response of a loyal reader in order to understand what is happening. They say so far to Tama 38, and demand a complete stop on the mountain ridge. Urban renewal only on the mountain is not renewal, it is a hazard !
ride the bus Or alternatively, do you want to live in a "green" and low-density environment? Move to the territories.
Those who are sane and capable leave this stinking country and the Arab village of Hefa for a better place overseas.
Response to the Arab moron, you will leave the country. First, because we will never leave her. Second, we fight for her with our blood because she is ours. It's you who wants to leave, you'll stink somewhere else..
I don't understand who would want to live in a neighborhood that takes an hour to get out of there. I don't buy it. You wanted Yahav.
The municipality of Haifa stinks more than military socks that sit on a soldier's leg for a whole month.
70 years stuck. Instead of developing new neighborhoods and building new neighborhoods, the municipality is complicit in the crime called Tama, and is destroying the city.
It is worth noting the current grandfather, the mayor who is complicit in the omission.
We must build in open areas, and not urban renewal (destruction) in the old neighborhoods
An important article. I hope you will wake up the residents and the municipality - it is important to preserve the unique neighborhood.
Dear residents, it is a shame for the efforts and time you invest in your attempts to thwart the monstrous plan. As the Sage says, "The money (property tax) will answer everything".
The municipality will not so quickly give up the golden eggs laid by the goose that named property tax.
What golden eggs? The addition of tens or hundreds of housing units entails more services of lighting, garbage, schools that the property tax really does not cover. Every new resident to the municipality is in deficit
It is a mistake to think that it is because of the property tax
*Thermit TAMA 38*
This is the worst political construction plan for the residents that has ever been built in the country - it is all based on false statements by the developers' engineers with the support of a false approval by the municipal engineer and the municipal legal counsel.
These serious violations of the law are supported by the Haifa District Appeals Committee - an appeals committee whose original legal role is to review the actions of the local committee, but instead, it chose to enforce the illegal actions carried out by the local committee for planning and construction in the Haifa municipality.
The worst of all - the municipal legal advice openly harasses and takes revenge in every possible way towards the opponents who exposed the TMA fraud in Carmel, while making inappropriate attempts to silence them and while carrying out actions that are against the law.
The municipality supposedly claims to "maintain the quality of life of the residents", but the real reality on the ground indicates exactly the opposite - a continuous upheaval in the lives of the residents of Carmel.
Colombia is here in Haifa!!
Loyal reader, all your words are true and everyone knows it.
Right in every word!
Haifa led by the big pig is destroyed. For a long time, he will be remembered as the mayor who destroyed the Carmel!
Kudos to a loyal reader who explains what's going on
An important article by the journalist Michal Grover!
The journalistic exposure, about real estate developers' attempts to take over the Yochaved Abigail neighborhood, is very important.
It is to be hoped that Mayor Yona Yahav, and his deputy, Attorney Sharit Golan, will stand up to the challenge, and allow the Yochaved Abigail neighborhood to maintain its beauty, and prevent it from becoming a dense and dangerous complex!
The Yochaved Abigail neighborhood is a "closed neighborhood" characterized by the fact that it has only one narrow exit on Had Sitri Street, towards Yotam Street.
In the event of a fire, God forbid, or an attack, we must ensure that there is a safe option for evacuation on the one hand, and the introduction of aid on the other!
This is true for all the streets and neighborhoods on the ridge, real estate takeover, unbridled greed
We must build in open areas, and not urban renewal (destruction) in the old neighborhoods,
They suffocated the Carmel neighborhoods with the Tama 38 and that's not the end
Where is the building renewal in Dania? Why isn't Tama 38 allowed for houses with plots the size of Midrash in the other Carmel neighborhoods only at a low density of 1-3 units per dunam? Why not build 6-7 floors with 15 apartments on each dunam? Why because they have the money to prevent it? Should the rest of Carmel be damaged because it is a population that cannot fight the contractor's madness?
Because that's probably where the planners of the city's disgrace live