מThe city engineer, Ariel Waterman, said this week that the municipality learned from the big fire in November last year, how important it is for every neighborhood to have two roads, which allow for an exit from it in an emergency. One of the affected neighborhoods is the new Romema neighborhood and Givat Oranim. During the fire, the evacuation of the Romema school, which was partially burned, and of the kindergarten adjacent to it, was done through Oran Street. Oren Street is a one-way street, but in the fire, vehicles were traveling on it contrary to the traffic from the neighborhood out to Pika Street. In addition, you can exit the neighborhood via Shikma Street and towards the center of Horev via Flower Street and Netka.
When it will be possible to leave the neighborhoods also to the southern entrances of the city, this will ease the congestion on Freud roads and Sea Road. A legal battle of about 20 years by residents of Ramat Begin will end with a road that will connect the neighborhood to Freud, and the residents of Ramat Eshkol and everyone who goes up the Freud road will enjoy a freer road.
Struggle against a road in Ramat Begin
After the fire, the municipality realized that if a fire of this magnitude had broken out in a neighborhood like Dania or Ramat Begin, the evacuation of the residents would have been very difficult, and perhaps even impossible. For the past 20 years, a legal battle has been going on by residents of Ramat Begin against connecting the neighborhood to Freud Road in order to ease the congestion on Freud Road. The residents went all the way to the Supreme Court and lost at the top. Despite the loss, the road has not yet been built and those who want to go up the Freud road in the morning and afternoon find themselves in traffic jams every day.
The construction of the tunnels did not change the situation either. Residents of Ramat Eshkol still find themselves in the mornings need to consider what time they should leave the house so as not to stand for hours on the road that is 700 meters long.
Following the fire, it was decided that in the coming year the road connecting Ramat Begin to Freud will be connected, and also the Dania neighborhood, from which it is currently possible to exit only to Abba Khushi Boulevard, will be connected down to road 4.
Kudos to Neve David
Another road to be paved will connect Kabir neighborhood to Neve David. The construction of the road provoked opposition from the residents of Kabir, who claimed that the designated road was already very narrow and it was impossible to increase the volume of traffic on it, but the decision was made anyway.
Alongside these roads, a road will also be built that will connect Harofeh Street in the estate to the neighborhood being built at its foot, Lincoln Hills. Eventually, it will also be possible to reach the southern entrances of the city from Harofeh Street. Today, if a resident who lives on Harofeh Street wants to get to the Haifa Mall or the sea, he has to drive all the way to Horev and get off at Freud Road. Within a short period of time, the residents of the street will be able to drive down the new road without extending the road without the need to reach the center of the Horev.
In addition, several more neighborhoods will be built below Ramat Eshkol, below Ramat Golda, and more, and each such new neighborhood will be connected to the neighborhood it is adjacent to and downwards. Which means that within about a year it will be possible to see in Haifa several roads parallel to the Freud and Sea Roads, which will reduce congestion and traffic jams and also shorten the trip
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