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

http://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True The tunnel links Nahal Refaim with Emek Motza. Its southern entry is located in Refaim Park under Ein Laban. The northern entry, Nahal Ein Kerem, is just half a kilometer away from the Nahal Ein Kerem junction.

נווה פריצקי The tunnel’s official opening ceremony, which is 2.1 kilometers long took place in Jerusalem and the Heritage Minister Ze’ev Elkin Mayor Moshelion, Heritage Minister Ze’ev Elkin Avi Baleshnikov (Gihon water company chairman of the company) along with hundreds of cyclists.

Jerusalem was once a tourist attraction because of its rich past. Elkin stated that today along with its historic treasures the tunnel construction project includes modern tourism. “The opening (of the tunnel) is a further step in the expansion of Jerusalem and it’s transformation into a sought-after tourist city for all sorts of audiences across Israel as well as around the globe.”

Elkin, whose ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality led the project, said that the Jerusalem Municipality’s ministry “invests hundreds of millions of shekels annually in the growth of all aspects Jerusalem’s tourists and in the design and operation of new tourist attractions, ventures, and activities which connect the rich past of Jerusalem to its future”. I encourage you to take your bicycles along a stunning and well-maintained road that overlooks Old Jerusalem.

Elkin’s ministry and the Tourism Ministry budgeted the project.

Elkin declared that the Kerem Tunnel project was a key tool in realizing the vision of altering the way of transportation in Jerusalem. נווה פריצקי Elkin said that the new tunnel connects to the Jerusalem Ring Path and will join existing bike routes. The tunnel will also be made paved in its different areas. It will also increase cycling and encourage green transportation in the capital.

The Kerem Tunnel, originally excavated by the Gihon Corporation in the 1990s in order to transfer its main sewer line towards Sorek’s purification plant.

“The Kerem Tunnel Project is crucial in achieving the dream to change the way transportation is thought of all over Jerusalem. ”

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe León

The works currently underway include road construction, installation of blowers and advanced safety and electrical systems in order to ensure that the tunnel is secure for the public to pass through throughout the year.

The Kerem Tunnel allows for access to exclusive recreation areas for instance Ein Kerem, a neighborhood that includes a biblical zoo and aquarium as well as historical natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban. נווה פריצקי