(haipo) – A budget of three million shekels was approved for the restoration of the Gadora Stream, environmental news for residents of Haifa, the Krayot, and the Zebulun Regional Council.
The Kishon River Authority has won a significant budget from the Ministry of Justice's Class Action Fund for the restoration of the Gidura Stream, one of the main tributaries of the Kishon River, which flows through the areas of Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Ata, Haifa and the Zevulun Regional Council. This is a large-scale environmental project that will return the stream to the center of urban life, improve environmental quality and reconnect residents with nature.
What does the project include?
The cost of the project is estimated at approximately three million shekels, and it will be carried out under the supervision and guidance of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Among the key components are:
- Ecological, hydrological and morphological restoration of the stream channel
- Widening the flow zone and lowering the banks
- Restoration of wetland habitats and restoration of native stream vegetation
- Eradicating invasive species and enhancing biodiversity
- Construction of bicycle and pedestrian paths in cooperation with the Metro-Pen project
- Upgrading the Shimon Peres Promenade in Kiryat Bialik: Developing seating areas, paths, and planting trees and vegetation
Connecting nature and community
The work will be carried out in stages, in various sections of the stream, from the Peres Promenade on the streets of the valleys and the Eshel, through Kfar Bialik to the twists of the fence. The project will combine drainage solutions, wetland restoration and educational elements for the public, alongside strengthening environmental community projects.
Kiryat Bialik Mayor Eli Dokorsky welcomed the move: "The Gadora Stream is the green core of the city of Kiryat Bialik and the surrounding area. We are working to promote the restoration of the stream and its environmental development for the benefit of the city's residents and to improve the quality of life there."
Sharon Nissim, CEO of the Kishon River Authority, added: "The ecological restoration project of the river is another link in the process of restoring the rivers to the urban fabric. We are not only restoring the water channel, but the entire ecological system that supports environmental and climatic resilience, and integrates nature with community life."
The good news is that there is something to look forward to. The upcoming planning takes me back to my childhood days in Kiryat Bialik when the vegetation and animals were part of nature in the stream.
To the best of my knowledge, the fountain was dug by the British from the Kabri springs to cool the refinery facilities.
You call it the Gedura River, we call it the Poera. For us, this river is nothing but trouble, and I mean mosquitoes. So if there is an intention to restore the river and address the mosquito problem, it is a blessing, but if mosquitoes are not addressed, it is a curse for us, so please.
Talk, promises, and actions don't go together.
Years of criminal neglect in the Gedoura River
This is not a river, it's a sewer and a mosquito breeding ground.