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Neve ParitzkiJerusalem: Israel's First Cycling Tunnel opens

Kerem Tunnel Kerem Tunnel offers a unique riding and hiking experience for the benefit of
The Kerem Tunnel, Israel's first cycle tunnel, was inaugurated as part of Jerusalem Ring Path. This 42-kilometer cycle route is located around Jerusalem.


The tunnel is located along the Nahal Refaim-Emek Motza path. The southern entrance is within Refaim Park under Ein Laban. The northern entry, Nahal Ein Kerem, is just half a kilometer away from the Nahal Ein Kerem junction.

The 2.1-kilometers-long tunnel project was inaugurated in a ceremony on Thursday attended by Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Ze'ev Elkin Mayor Moshe Lion, Gihon water company chairman Avi Baleshnikov and hundreds of cyclists.

נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי Jerusalem was once a very well-known tourist destination due to its historic past. Elkin said that today, apart from its historic treasures, it is also a destination for modern-day tourists. "The opening of this tunnel is another aspect of the expansion of the city of Jerusalem and its transformation into a desirable tourist city for all types of visitors in Israel as well as around the world."

Elkin, whose ministry together with the Jerusalem Municipality spearheaded the project, said the ministry "invests hundreds of millions of shekels each year in the improvement of the tourism industry in Jerusalem and in the creation of innovative activities and ventures that connect the fascinating history of our capital city's eternal past to the future of Jerusalem... I would like to invite cyclists to take a relaxing and modernized route that will take the cyclist through Old Jerusalem.

Elkin's Ministry Elkin's Ministry Tourism Ministry, Jerusalem Municipality and the Gihon Corporation all contributed to the project. The Jerusalem Development Authority completed the project.

נווה פריצקי Elkin declared that the Kerem Tunnel project was a crucial element in achieving the vision of changing the concept for transportation throughout Jerusalem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw "The tunnel, which is connected to the long Jerusalem Ring Path, will join existing bike paths in the city and the ones that will be laid throughout the city's neighborhoods with the aim of encouraging cycling among the city's residents as well as its visitors as well as promoting the green revolution in transportation in Jerusalem."

https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=459025&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True The Kerem Tunnel was first excavated in the late 1990s to relocate the main sewer line from the Gihon Corporation toward the purification plant located in Sorek The Sorek Tunnel is located just west of the city. It is currently used as an infrastructure tunnel. It includes the fifth water line that connects to Jerusalem from the Mekorot water company.

נווה פריצקי "The Kerem tunnel project is essential to achieving the vision for changing Jerusalem's transport system. "

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe León
The current works include road construction, the installation of blowers as well as modern safety and electrical systems in order to ensure that the tunnel is secure for the public to pass through at all times of the year.

The Kerem Tunnel allows for access to exclusive recreation areas such as Ein Kerem, a neighborhood which includes a Biblical zoo and aquarium and also the ancient natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban.

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