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The Kerem Tunnel is a great location to go on a hike or ride. The Kerem Tunnel is the first bicycle tunnel to be constructed in Israel and was officially opened in the year 2000 as part the Jerusalem Ring Path, a 42-kilometer cycling route around Jerusalem, the capital city. http://warebuilt.com/members/neve-paritzkiycbu492ii/activity/263571/ https://notes.io/qd9B4 It connects Nahal Refaim to Emek Motza. https://anotepad.com/notes/yirjeaa9 Its southern entrance is in Refaim Park, below Ein Laban, and the northern entrance is located in Nahal Ein Kerem, about half a mile from the Kerem junction. The 2.1-kilometers-long tunnel project was inaugurated at a formal ceremony on Thursday attended by Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Ze'ev Elkin Mayor Moshe Lion, Gihon water company chairman Avi Baleshnikov as well as hundreds of cyclists. https://pastelink.net/8p9cq39o http://y8space.com/members-2/neve-paritzkiquwq405bb/activity/4085777/ Jerusalem was once a tourist attraction because of its rich past. Elkin stated that nowadays as well as its historic treasures, the tunnel project also includes modern tourism. "The inauguration of [this] tunnel is another aspect of the expansion of Jerusalem as a city. Jerusalem and its transformation into an attractive tourist city for all types of people in Israel as well as around the globe." Elkin his ministry, which responsible for the project, along with Jerusalem Municipality stated that his ministry had invested hundreds of millions of shekels annually in the development of Jerusalem's tourism as well as in creating new ventures and attractions that will connect the magnificent historic past with the future of Jerusalem. I would like to invite you to ride your bicycles on a scenic and well-maintained road that overlooks 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 work. "The Kerem Tunnel project is a central tool for realizing the goal to alter the notion of transportation throughout Jerusalem," Elkin emphasized. "The new tunnel, which will connect to the lengthy Jerusalem Ring Path, will join existing bike pathways in the city, as well as those that are paved throughout the city's neighborhoods in the hope of encouraging cycling among its residents and its visitors and encouraging the green revolution in transportation in the capital city." In the 1990s, in the 1990s, Kerem Tunnel was excavated to relocate the main sewer line from Gihon Corporation to the Sorek purification plant. It is now utilized as an infrastructure tunnel and houses the fifth water line that connects to Jerusalem by the Mekorot water company. "The Kerem tunnel project is the central instrument for achieving the goal of changing the notion of transportation in Jerusalem. "
The Kerem Tunnel gives you access to numerous recreational sites, such as Ein Kerem Neighborhood, the Biblical Zoo and Aquarium, as well as historic natural springs Ein Haniyeh or Ein Laban. |
