The Kerem Tunnel allows for a an experience that is unique in terms of hiking and riding.
As part of the 42-kilometer Jerusalem Ring Path cycling route that surrounds Jerusalem’s capital, the Kerem Tunnel was inaugurated.
The tunnel links Nahal Refaim and Emek Motza. Its southern entry is located in Refaim Park under Ein Laban. The northern entrance, Nahal Ein Kerem, is just half a kilometer away from the Nahal Ein Kerem junction.
On Thursday, Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Zeev Elkin, Mayor Moshelion, Avi Baleshnikov, Gihon chairman, and a slew of cyclists participated in a ceremony to inaugurate the tunnel’s 2.1-kilometer-long length.
“In the past, Jerusalem was an attractive tourist city due to its glorious past. נווה פריצקי Elkin said that, the present, in addition to its historic treasures, the tunnel project also incorporates modern-day tourism. נווה פריצקי “The launch (of the tunnel) is an additional part of the growth of Jerusalem as well as the transformation of Jerusalem into a popular city to visit for all kinds of people across Israel as well as across the world.”
Elkin who, through his ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality led the project, stated that the Jerusalem Municipality’s ministry “invests hundreds of millions of shekels each year in the growth of all aspects Jerusalem’s visitors and in the creation and operation of innovative tourist attractions, ventures, and activities which connect the rich past of our eternal city to its future”. https://jacobs-friedman.technetbloggers.de/neve-paritzkijerusalems-first-cycle-tunnel-has-been-inaugurated-in-israel-0a-1664071510 I would like to invite cyclists everywhere to come and take a ride along the new, well-maintained and modern route that takes in the view of Old Jerusalem.
The project was funded by the Elkin’s department and the Tourism Ministry. נווה פריצקי It also included the budgets for the Jerusalem Municipality and the Gihon Corporation. The work was carried out by the Jerusalem Development Authority.
Elkin declared that the Kerem Tunnel project was a important tool to realize the goal of changing the concept for transportation in Jerusalem. “The tunnel, which is connected to the lengthy Jerusalem Ring Path, will join the existing bicycle pathways in the city, as well as those that are paved in its various neighborhoods, with the aim of encouraging cycling among the city’s residents as well as its visitors and promoting the green revolution of transportation in the capital city.”
The Kerem Tunnel first was excavated in the late 90s to relocate the main sewer line of the Gihon Corporation towards Sorek. It is currently being used as an infrastructure tunnel that includes the fifth waterline that runs to Jerusalem via the Mekorot water corporation.
נווה פריצקי “The Kerem tunnel project is central to realizing the goal of changing Jerusalem’s transport system. “
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe León
Present projects include road construction, installation blowers, and advanced safety equipment to ensure the tunnel is safe to use all year.
The Kerem Tunnel gives you access to many recreation sites, including Ein Kerem Neighborhood, the Biblical Zoo and Aquarium, as well as historic natural springs Ein Haniyeh or Ein Laban.