(haipo) The National Planning and Building Council has approved the environmental review guidelines for Complexes 3-4 in TAMA 75, another significant step towards realizing the "Gateway to the Bay" vision. This is the largest and most ambitious development plan seen in Haifa Bay in decades, which includes the evacuation of polluting industry, the establishment of advanced employment areas, thousands of housing units, and a huge metropolitan park around the Kishon River.
TAMA 75: Urban and Environmental Revolution in the North
TAMA 75, the national outline plan for Haifa Bay initiated by the Israel Land Authority, is intended to redesign the entire space, from connecting Haifa with the settlements to creating a new urban area that combines residences, employment, commerce, logistics, recreation, and nature. The approval of the environmental review guidelines for complexes 3–4 marks a transition from the strategic planning stage to the detailed planning stage.
Complex 3: The heart of Haifa's new metropolis
Complex 3 covers approximately 5,800 dunams and includes the areas of the vacated refineries, the Gulf Coast, and employment areas in Kiryat Ata. The plan proposes:
- Approximately 8 million square meters built for advanced employment, industry, commerce, entertainment and leisure
- Approximately 3 million square meters In the area of the former refineries – advanced industry and commerce
- Approximately 2.8 million square meters Across the Gulf – Industrial and Occupational Renewal
- Approximately 3,000 housing units
- The heart of the metropolis – A recreation and leisure center covering approximately 1.1 million square meters, including a fairgrounds center, a municipal square, unique office buildings and community creative centers
- New urban-metropolitan axis With sports facilities and a post-industrial park that will incorporate the reuse of existing buildings
The planning was done by the Bar Levi Architects office and the project was managed by AVIV.
Complex 3 renderings reveal diverse urban planning
The simulations of Complex 3, designed by Bar Levy Architects, present an urban complex that includes buildings of varying heights, public spaces, and transportation infrastructure. From the simulations, it can be seen that the complex is planned as a mixed-use area, which integrates into the existing urban fabric of the Shaar Hamifratz area. The design includes buildings in different styles and a variety of uses, alongside open public spaces and accessibility to major traffic routes in the area.
Complex 4: A huge metropolitan park and a new transportation gateway
Complex 4 covers approximately 10,000 dunams and includes:
- A metropolitan park of approximately 5,000 dunams Around the Kishon River
- New multi-purpose arena
- Marlogim Park With a rail extension adjacent to Haifa Port
- Integrated transportation complex at Yagur Junction – New southern gateway to the bay
- Advanced Carpenter Management Solutions To the Kishon River basin
- Approximately 5.8 million square meters For industry, employment and logistics
- Approximately 1,750 housing units As part of the renewal of the Histadrut area and upgrading the street to a pleasant and pedestrian area
The planning is led by the firm "Cohen Wind & Co. Architecture and Urban Planning".
Complex 4 – Office and residential towers alongside urban boulevards
The renderings of Complex 4, designed by Cohen Wind & Co. Architecture and Urban Planning, present a picture of a modern urban complex that includes tall office towers alongside wide boulevards and developed transportation infrastructure. In addition, the renderings show high-rise residential buildings, extensive green spaces, and the Kishon River that blends into the landscape of the complex. The design reflects a vision of a new and advanced urban center, combining residences, employment, and open spaces in a strategic location at the entrance to Haifa.
“A revolution that will change the face of the North”
Yehuda Eliyahu, Deputy Director of the RAMI: "Tama 75 is an environmental and urban revolution of the highest order. The evacuation of polluting industry and its transformation into a center of innovation and recreation is the greatest planning achievement in the North in recent years."
Rafi Elmaleh, Director General of the Planning Administration: "We are progressing step by step in realizing the Haifa Bay vision. The plan will create a new space that combines residences, employment, nature and open spaces and will change the face of the area."
Einav Ringler, Senior Division Manager at the Ministry of Defense: "Approval of the guidelines for the environmental review is a significant milestone. TAMA 75 is a historic opportunity to redesign Haifa Bay for the benefit of its residents today and in the future."
What next?
After the environmental review guidelines are approved, the detailed planning phase will begin, which includes preparing an environmental impact report, professional working meetings, and additional discussions in the editorial committee. At the end of the process, the plan will return for a concluding discussion on the way to final approval.
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Israbeloff.. Promoting plans for complexes that there is no intention to evacuate in the next 20 years. This is how the refinery workers were informed: There is no intention and no process to evacuate the complex before establishing an alternative complex and there is no planning or funding for an alternative complex. The Israeli government has guaranteed that the facility will remain operational until at least 2040. Based on this guarantee, a power station and additional facilities are being built there. Even if it closes, and there is apparently no such real intention, it will take years to clean up the land and complete the evacuation.
That means these plans are going straight into the drawers to gather dust.
The public is becoming more and more familiar with simulations and approvals. Detailed planning. Precise planning. Infrastructure planning. Complex planning.
Everything is good – on the ground there is a promise for the BAZN to operate until 2040, do you understand? And after that they will extend it for another period and so on.