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The Kerem Tunnel provides a unique riding experience and hiking experience which is loved by everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw The Kerem Tunnel, Israel’s first bike tunnel, opened as part of the Jerusalem Ring Path. נווה פריצקי This 42-kilometer cycling route surrounds Jerusalem.

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

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

“In the past, Jerusalem was an attractive city for tourists due to its rich past. נווה פריצקי Elkin declared that, in the present aside from its historical treasures it is also a destination for modern-day tourists. “The inauguration of tunnel project is another part of the development of Jerusalem’s city Jerusalem and its transformation into an attractive tourist city for all types of people in Israel as well as around the globe.”

Elkin’s ministry, which responsible for the project along in conjunction with Jerusalem Municipality, stated that his ministry “invests hundreds and millions of shekels every year in all aspects of Jerusalem’s tourism, and also in the creation of exciting attractions and ventures which connect the glorious historic time of our capital city and the future.” I would like to invite cyclists everywhere to come and take a ride along the new, well-maintained and modern route which overlooks Old Jerusalem.

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

נווה פריצקי “The Kerem Tunnel project is an essential tool to realize the vision to alter the notion of transportation throughout Jerusalem,” Elkin said. http://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 “The tunnel, which connects to the long Jerusalem Ring Path, will join existing bike paths in the city and those that are paved throughout the city’s neighborhoods with the aim of encouraging cycling among its residents and its visitors as well as in promoting the green revolution in transportation in the capital city.”

The Kerem Tunnel was originally excavated in the year 1990 to relocate the main sewers of Gihon Corporation towards the Sorek purification facility. This plant is located west of Sorek and is currently used as an infrastructure tunnel.

“The Kerem tunnel project is an essential tool to realize the goal of changing the concept of transportation throughout Jerusalem. ”

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon

Current work includes road construction, installation blowers and advanced safety equipment to ensure the tunnel is safe for everyone to use all year.

נווה פריצקי There is also the Kerem Tunnel to enjoy unique recreation areas, such as Ein Kerem, the Biblical aquarium, zoo and Ein Kerem neighborhood.