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Neve ParitzkiJerusalem inaugurates Israel's first cycling tunnel

The Kerem Tunnel is a great place to ride and hike.
The Kerem Tunnel is the first bicycle tunnel in Israel and was opened as a part of the Jerusalem Ring Path, a 42-kilometer cycle route that circles the capital.

It links Nahal Refaim to Emek Motza. The southern entrance is in Refaim Park under Ein Laban. The northern entry, Nahal Ein Kerem, is just half a kilometer away from the Kerem junction.

The 2.1-kilometer long tunnel was inaugurated on Thursday by Jerusalem and the heritage minister Ze'ev Elkin as well as Moshe Lion, the Mayor. Moshe Lion. Avi Baleshnikov of Gihon the chairman of Gihon, and hundreds other cyclists were also in attendance.

Jerusalem's rich past was the main reason for it to be a popular tourist spot in the past. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 Elkin stated that today along with its historic treasures, the tunnel project also includes modern tourism. "The inauguration of this tunnel project [is] another element of the development of Jerusalem. The tunnel transforms the city into an attractive tourist place for any kind of crowd in Israel, and worldwide."

Elkin's ministry, which responsible for the project along with Jerusalem Municipality, declared that his ministry "invests hundreds and millions of shekels each year in all aspects of Jerusalem’s tourism, and also in the creation of new ventures and attractions which connect the glorious historic time of our capital city and the future." I would like to invite cyclists everywhere to take a trip and enjoy the new, well-maintained and modern route that takes in the view of Old Jerusalem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw נווה פריצקי Around NIS 25 million were earmarked in the project, financed by the Elkin's Ministry as well as the Tourism Ministry, the Jerusalem Municipality, the Gihon Corporation and the Jerusalem Purification and Sewerage Works, and the work was carried out by the Jerusalem Development Authority.

Elkin explained that the Kerem Tunnel project is an important tool in realizing the vision to transform the idea of transport throughout Jerusalem. "The new tunnel will be connected to the Jerusalem Ring Path. It will be connected to the many cycling routes that exist in the city. https://www.themarker.com/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c8-d6c9-a197-79cd96360000 They will be laid within the diverse areas. The objective is to promote cycling among the residents of the city.

In the late 1990s in the 1990s, in the 1990s, Kerem Tunnel was excavated to relocate the main sewer line of Gihon Corporation to the Sorek purification plant. It is now utilized as an infrastructure tunnel and is also home to the fifth water line to Jerusalem from the Mekorot water company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lwMSJfGow "The Kerem tunnel project is an essential tool to realize the vision to change the way of transport in Jerusalem. "


Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon
Road construction, installation, blowers, modern security systems and electrical wiring are all part and parcel of the current works. The tunnel is safe for the public to use throughout the season.

The Kerem Tunnel allows for access to unique recreational areas, like Ein Kerem, a neighborhood which has a Biblical aquarium and zoo and historical natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban.

Here's my website: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097