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The Kerem Tunnel, the first bicycle tunnel in Israel, has been inaugurated in the Jerusalem Ring Path, a 42-kilometer cycle path that runs around Jerusalem, Israel’s capital city.

The tunnel connects Nahal Refaim and Emek Motza. נווה פריצקי Its southern entrance is in Refaim Park, below Ein Laban, and the northern entrance is in Nahal Ein Kerem, about half a kilometer close to the Kerem junction.

נווה פריצקי The opening ceremony of the tunnel which measures 2.1 kilometers long, was held in Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Ze’ev Elkin, Mayor Moshelion and Avi Baleshnikov (Gihon water company chairman) and hundreds more cyclists.

Jerusalem was once very popular tourist destination because of its rich history. Elkin stated that, today, apart from its historical treasures it is also home to modern-day travelers. “The inauguration of this tunnel project another element of the development of Jerusalem. The tunnel transforms the city into an attractive destination for tourists of every kind of person within Israel and around the world.”

Elkin the minister whose ministry as well as the Jerusalem Municipality led the project, stated that the Jerusalem Municipality’s ministry “invests hundreds of millions of shekels per year in the growth of all aspects Jerusalem’s tourism and the creation and operation of exciting attractions, ventures and attractions that connect the glorious history of our eternal city to its future”. I invite you to ride your bicycles on a scenic, well-maintained route that overlooks Old Jerusalem.

About NIS 25 million were put into in the project, budgeted by Elkin’s ministry The Tourism Ministry, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Gihon Corporation and the Jerusalem Purification and Sewerage Works, with the work carried out by the Jerusalem Development Authority.

נווה פריצקי “The Kerem Tunnel project is the central instrument for achieving the vision to transform the idea of transportation in Jerusalem,” Elkin emphasized. “The new tunnel, which will connect to the long Jerusalem Ring Path, will join the existing bicycle pathways in the city, as well as 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 and promoting the green revolution in transportation in the capital city.”

http://www.jdn.co.il/consumer/1825535/ The Kerem Tunnel first was excavated in the 1990s to create an important sewer line for the Gihon Corporation towards Sorek. It is now being used as an infrastructure Tunnel which includes the fifth waterline that runs to Jerusalem from the Mekorot water corporation.

“The Kerem tunnel project is the central instrument for achieving the vision to change the concept of transportation throughout Jerusalem. ”

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lee

The work currently in progress includes road construction, installation of blowers, as well as advanced electrical and safety systems, to make the tunnel safe for the public to pass through throughout the year.

The Kerem Tunnel allows for access to unique recreational areas, like Ein Kerem, a neighborhood which has a Biblical aquarium and zoo, and also the ancient natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban. http://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000