Planning the settlement to the disputed road
(From the NATA website)
Rafael Eitan Road near the new Krinitzi neighborhood in Ramat Gan was designed decades ago. With the decision to build the light rail, it was determined in 2006 that a two-lane and two-lane road would be paved near the light rail and in a depression that would reach a depth of 12 meters. Along the planned road, the new Krinitzi neighborhood was established.
About a decade ago, the Ramat Gan municipality moved a drain in the area, contrary to plans and promises, at a height that could not allow the settling that was planned in the first place, and would allow a settling of only about 6 meters. Where do you count the depth? This, too, has been debated.
The residents, who promised them a green neighborhood, claim that the subsidence is meaningless in its new format in terms of air pollution and noise that such a main road will cause, and together with the residents of Kfar Ezer on the other side of the planned road approached the court and asked to stop the plan. The mayor and the Ministry of Transportation intervened and tried to reach a compromise, drafts were exchanged and residents were promised: the road would be canceled. The promises reached the office of Minister Miri Regev and she coordinated some of the discussions on the subject.
This is what the route of the road looks like from a balcony in the neighborhood
But then, at the last minute, the residents of the old Krinitzi neighborhood found out about the agreements, got into the picture and claimed that the cancellation of the road would lead the vigilant traffic to their busy and crowded inner streets even now. The mayor of nearby Kiryat Ono shouted and said construction in the area would be stopped without a road. And the Ministry of Transportation? Shake off the drafts. It turns out that a new road is needed now.
The mayor of Ramat Gan, Carmel Shama HaCohen (who lives in the new Krinitzi, by the way) claims that if a road is already being built, it will be for electric vehicles only. However, at the time of the planned road opening, in 2026, it seems that there will not be enough of these in Israel.
From the balcony of Yael Friedlander, a resident of the new Krinitzi neighborhood, you can see the section of dirt on which the road will be built. She claims that requests to move the carrier were made years ago. “The difference is that each meter of precipitation has an effect of about nine meters in terms of air pollution. At the height of the paradox – above this road live Sheba doctors with the greatest awareness of the disease from the road environment in cancer.”
On the other hand, residents of the old Krinitzi neighborhood claim that this is a road of the order of four lanes that many Israelis live next to within the cities. “According to Friedlander,” this is a long-distance main road that cuts through a small neighborhood in Ramat Gan that has been promised to its residents that it will be a green neighborhood. The court will have to deal with a difficult dilemma – health damage to residents or delaying the project. ”
(From the NATA website)
(From the NATA website)
In the old Krinitzi neighborhood, it is claimed that this is a ‘nimbi’ phenomenon (an acronym in English meaning “not in my backyard”), and that their lives have already become hell following the traffic jams in the inner streets of the neighborhood. Eilat Karate, a resident of the neighborhood, claims that “a large neighborhood will be established in BKOM and all traffic will drain into the small streets here, even though there are crazy traffic jams here even today. “Ramat Gan and Kiryat Ono have received budgets for this road and it can happen (in the language of roofing) so that it suits everyone.”
“How can we cancel such a road, which will drain all transportation in the Ono Valley? We will be one big traffic jam. How can the mayor who lives there not update us either? Air pollution is also here when cars are stuck for half an hour in small streets, we live in hell “When all the traffic to Sheba passes through here, and there are solutions for the main road, even in a 6-meter depression with a roof. Everyone must be gathered for solutions.”
The current mayor, Carmel Shama HaCohen, told Ynet that there is no obligation on the road now, and his proposal is to allow it to be opened to electric vehicles only because “public health is more important than the flow of traffic.”
“Residents who bought apartments next to the road claim that they knew there was an option for roofing when talking about semi-settling. We are between a rock and a hard place as a municipality also because of past mistakes made by our previous management, and also because there is one neighborhood that wants this and one.” The road until there are electric vehicles – or limiting traffic signs and enforcing electric traffic within the road and then it is possible to open on the due date. “
On the other hand, the mayor of Kiryat Ono, Israel Gal, addressed the director general of the Ministry of Transportation, Ofer Malka, and claimed that “a small and local politics of foreign interests could lead to this transport and illegal disaster stopping the development of the entire area.” Cancel the road revealed from the opposing residents and not on behalf of the Ministry of Transport.
Shama Hacohen’s fight at the Ministry of Transportation also led to a heated argument with the CEO. The mayor claimed in a neighborhood WhatsApp group that the Ministry of Transportation was being run as a “crook” and accused the CEO of “running away” from a meeting on the issue.
In a letter sent by Shama HaCohen, director general of the Ministry of Transportation, Malka stated that he did not attend the meeting because he dealt with the closure of the country’s skies, and sent senior representatives instead. “I received an update on your messages to residents on social media.” “Personally, using blunt words that have no place in our districts, while you are discrediting me personally.”
The CEO added: “I am sorry, but I understand that you do not want to promote a compromise, and therefore I and the Ministry of Transportation and Nata are forced to withdraw from any attempt to find a compromise, despite the tremendous efforts and tests made to find a solution.”
The mayor’s correspondence with the residents
The Ministry of Transportation said that “they will act in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Transportation and the court.”
The ministry did not initially respond to Ynet’s questions on the subject, and above all – what is the public interest in the position of the Ministry of Transportation: paving the road in its current format or canceling it? On the one hand, the traffic in the area is crowded and under rapid development, and on the other hand, there are claims of air pollution and damage to the quality of life, with an alternative to the road in the form of the light rail and Road 4.
Even after that, there is no clear position in the ministry’s response: “Rafael Eitan Road in Ramat Gan is part of a set of roads designed to serve the area of Kfar Azar, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Efal and Kiryat Ono,” it was reported. “The road is expected to serve all road users, including Public transportation, pedestrians, and cyclists. The road was statutorily approved even before the construction of the purple line of the light rail, and previously by the Ramat Gan Municipality, the nearby local authorities and the local, district and national planning institutions. At the request of the Ramat Gan Municipality, a settlement project ‘Derech Rafael Eitan’ was included in the section near the village of Azar, and as a result, it will be budgeted and included in the execution tenders for the Purple Line.
“The Ramat Gan municipality carried out a drainage conveyor along the route of the TATL (National Infrastructure Plan), which does not comply with the provisions of the plan, which required a minor change in the settlement configuration. In recent weeks, at the request of the Ramat Gan municipality, the ministry has tried to promote a compromise in light of requests from residents on Haim Bar-Lev Street and its surroundings, which came out against the paving of the road.
“The Minister of Transport and the Director General of her office conducted field trips and met with the relevant authorities in order to assist in resolving the dispute. During the attempt to find a compromise, inquiries were received from parties seeking to quickly advance the paving of the road, including the border authorities, residents’ representatives, and other professionals.
“The ministry proposed a compromise that allows minimal damage to the surrounding transportation system and tens of thousands of residents and employees in the area, along with preventing polluting vehicles from traveling on the road, in order to maintain the well-being of residents living near the road. This suggestion.
“The issue is in the days but in the courts. Our office will receive any decision of the court on the matter.”