The monsters are back - a request to dry up the sea and another tower on the Carmel coast.
This page gathers the important materials regarding the plan to continue the construction of the Carmel Beach towers
Historical Flash:
01 / 10 / 2013 -
Carmel Beach Monsters: The district committee stopped the plan
Shmuel Galbhart represented the residents in the discussion.
The municipality of Haifa, in a historic move, represented the position of the residents and opposed the plan. Good thing there are choices.
Synopsis of the plot - Carmel Beach Towers:
In the 90s the city of Haifa was under the rule of Amram Metzna. During this period, Mitzna put forward a scandalous plan to build 2 huge towers on the seashore of Haifa. These were the years before the Beaches Law. The planning and construction processes allowed for many loopholes and convenient maneuvering space for the Haifa municipality and entrepreneurs, who took full advantage of this space.
At the end of the project, the residents of Haifa found themselves shocked and embarrassed by one of the biggest and most delusional environmental injustices that the State of Israel has known in recent years.
The environmental injustices caused by the Carmel Beach towers:
Blocking the view, blocking the flow of air to the Neve David neighborhood, robbing a pristine stretch of beach, building a breakwater that significantly affected the transport of sand from south to north, building a rock wall in front of the building, by low standards, a rock wall crumbling into the sea.
Developments in recent months: Today, the developers wish to continue the project and build several additional buildings on the coastline south of the existing structure. For this purpose, the developers requested to present to the Haifa municipality an environmental impact report. The request involves the continued drying of the sea.
Meanwhile, the Haifa municipality "flows" with the requests of the developers and does not stand up for the right of the residents of Haifa to stop this terrible project.
In the meantime we are waiting together with the residents of Haifa.
Additional links to information on the same matter:
- 01 / 10 / 2013 - Carmel Beach Monsters: The district committee stopped the plan
- Adam Teva and Din presents: the map of interests on the beaches - the plan for the Carmel Beach Towers which was approved before the recognition of the public importance of the beach
- The Carmel Beach Towers - the second round of a project that shocked the country. is that so? [by Yaron Carmi » April 19, 2010 ]
- The State Comptroller's report regarding planning and construction in Haifa, 2010 for your review
Received in the protocol system of the district committee dated 27/12/2011 HF/864/C. Sea drying in front of the Carmel coast. Here is the link:
http://haipo.co.il/forum/download/file.php?id=979
An article about the plan to continue the construction of the Carmel Beach towers - local news in Haifa
Summary of the application for drying the sea and a look at the persons involved, from the protocol drum
On 27/12, the request of the Carmel Beach company to extend the period given to them for the purpose of preparing an environmental impact survey if and when the drying of an additional 100m wide stretch of beach in front of the Carmel Beach towers came up for discussion.
The developers are exerting massive pressure on the municipality to allow them to continue the construction of the second part of the Carmel Beach towers. For this purpose, drying of the sea is required, in order to meet the requirements of the Coastal Law.
The sea drying exercise is designed to enable 2 environmental injustices:
1. Move the beach 100 meters away from the new tower.
2. To create additional land that will allow the construction.
The following is the summons for the discussion on 27/12 at the district committee, the Til building:
Plan - HF/ 864/ C: Drying and beach creation plan. Settlement: Haifa Discussion time: 10:00.
invited:
Yoni Weizman, Carmel Beach Vacations and Tourism Ltd., presenter of the program, 1341/10 David Eliezer St., Haifa
J. Goldenberg- M. Buchman, editor of the program, architects, Rival 7, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Attorney Yona Yahav, Mayor of Haifa, 14 Hassan Shukri, 31047, Haifa, Fax: 04-8356020
Ariel Waterman, Haifa City Engineer, Haifa, Fax: 04-8356168
Verda Liebman, resident of Haifa, Haifa, fax: 04-8356020
The goals of the program:
Develop the Carmel Beach area in the area marked on the map according to the following principles:
- To dry sea areas in order to expand the area of the beach and determine at least 100 m from the building to the sea as required according to TMA 13 for beaches.
- Establish instructions regarding the drying of sea areas, including the detail of the breakwaters, their length, their location, their height, etc.
- Establish instructions regarding implementation stages of the plan.
- Complying with the instructions of Section 40 of the IBA HF/ 864 A - Open Plan HaCarmel Beach.
Program location: District: Haifa, planning area: Haifa, jurisdiction: Haifa, settlement: Haifa
The purpose of the discussion: Discussion of the plan - extension of the deadline for submitting a review.
The Carmel Beach Towers - an explanation of the drying of the sea carried out in the first part of the project:
In front of the building, drying and laying of the rock was carried out in a sloppy manner, it partially disintegrated and some of the rocks were scattered in the water.
A breakwater was built in front of the building, the purpose of which was to keep the sand 100 meters away from the front of the building, thus overcoming the ban on building 100 meters from the beach.
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Looking west: The breakwater built in front of the building separates the beach by 100 meters. The removal of the beach was planned in order to allow a building permit 100 meters from the beach line. This huge breach has a devastating effect on the transport of sand along Israel's coasts
Looking south - close: In the lower right corner of the photo you can see the drying of the sea in front of the building, lined with crumbling rock that was made to low standards and part of it crumbled into the sea
Another look to the south: showing the coastal strip. On the left side you can see an area of a military base that is included in the outline plan to be vacated in favor of hotel areas in the hinterland of the beach and in a way that will not harm the public's rights to free access to the beach.
On the lower right you can see how the drying sea in front of the building stands out significantly from the coastline of the State of Israel
You can also see the actual damage to the beach area, which has been taken from the public.
This beach, now lined with crumbling rocks, used to be a pristine stretch of sandy beach for the public.
That's why there is a paid parking lot most of the year no car enters it. The owner of the land is waiting for a sale deal that will bring him millions...
The Haifa District Committee held a discussion today on the plan to dry up a strip of sea
near the Carmel Beach towers, to create an artificial distance of 100 m,
which will enable the creation of more monsters.
The only one of all the candidates of all the lists competing for the municipality,
The one who found interest in the subject and came to the discussion was the architect Shmuel Galbhart,
Chairman of the Greens of Haifa.
The representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that the environmental survey
prepared by the promoters, and the alternatives proposed by them, are not acceptable to them,
For various professional reasons, primarily the fear of serious damage to the southern beaches,
Including the popular student beach.
Haifa municipality representatives supported this position.
Architect Galbhart expressed satisfaction with the municipality's position (an unusual event in itself...),
Which only proves the objective and responsible approach of the Greens, without political considerations.
This was also the decision of the committee, with the strong support and backing of the district commissioner,
Mr. Yosef Mishlav.
Galbhart: A victory in the battle is still not a victory in the war on the shores of Haifa. There is always concern
That the entrepreneurs will take advantage of a loophole or another point in time, using the "successful" method, and try to promote again
their plan. And the threat of blocking the beaches by the overhead electrification of the train is still pending.
That's why we still have a lot of work waiting for us in the next municipal council after the elections.
for further reading:
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I wish the sound of residents shouting would cause the developers or the towns to drop the matter.
For some reason, it doesn't seem to me that anyone who intends to dry up a 100 m stretch of sea, will give up because of some "outcry".
Massive pressure needs to be applied, and someone to coordinate this struggle.
It seems that in other, environmental issues, the hands of the residents (and partly also of the municipality) are on the lower hand. I mean the issue of the train, the issue of clearing the eastern port in favor of connecting the city to the sea, and much more.
[quote="Golan":1u6qzglg]What is the Haifa Municipality's position on this important and sensitive issue?
Do they encourage the entrepreneur's request or oppose it?
This is called: "Silence of the Lambs"..
If the public shouts, there's a chance they'll get away with it...
What is the Haifa Municipality's position on this important and sensitive issue?
Do they encourage the entrepreneur's request or oppose it?
Does anyone intend to hold some kind of public activity against this project?
There are not many residents in this city who support the towers that have been erected and certainly no one in Haifa dreams of continuing the injustice that has been created and further allowing further damage to the nature of Haifa by drying out the coast and continuing to build more disgusting monsters on the coastline. which was caused to Neve David by the monsters of the Carmel beach.
Whoever leads such a far-reaching move will greatly strengthen and upgrade the power of the environmental organizations in the city, as happened in the days of Mitzna...take this into account, before your hand signs the approval!