Neve ParitzkiIsrael's first cycling tunnel opens in Jerusalem

The Kerem Tunnel is a great spot to hike and ride.
The Kerem Tunnel, Israel's first cycle tunnel, was inaugurated as part of Jerusalem Ring Path. This 42-kilometer cycle route is located around Jerusalem.

The tunnel links the paths between Nahal Refaim and Emek Motza. It is located in southern Israel in Refaim Park. Ein Laban is the closest. נווה פריצקי Nahal Ein Kerem is the northern entrance.

Inauguration of the tunnel which measures 2.1 kilometers long was held in Jerusalem and the Heritage Minister Ze'ev Elkin Mayor Moshelion, Avi Baleshnikov (Gihon water company chairman) as well as a plethora of cyclists.

"In the past, Jerusalem was an attractive tourist destination due to its rich past. Elkin explained that the modern tourist industry is a part of Jerusalem's historical treasures and incorporates modern day tourism. https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 "The inauguration [of] this tunnel project is another milestone in the advancement of Jerusalem as an ideal tourism destination for all kinds of tourists from Israel and around the globe."


Elkin who, through his ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality led the project, said that the Jerusalem Municipality's ministry "invests hundreds of millions of shekels per year to develop all aspects of Jerusalem's tourism and the design and operation of innovative tourist attractions, ventures, and activities that link the rich history of Jerusalem's eternal city to its future". I encourage you to take your bicycles along a stunning maintained, well-maintained path that looks out over Old Jerusalem.

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

Elkin stated, "The Kerem Tunnel project is a key instrument in achieving our goal to change the way transportation is conducted in Jerusalem." "The new tunnel that connects to the Jerusalem Ring Path will join the existing bike paths as well as the ones that will be paved within its areas. The goal is to promote biking among the residents of Jerusalem and encourage the green movement in Jerusalem."

In the 90s in the 1990s, in the 1990s, Kerem Tunnel was excavated to move the main sewer line from Gihon Corporation to the Sorek purification plant. נווה פריצקי It is now used as an infrastructure tunnel. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי It also houses the fifth water line that connects to Jerusalem from the Mekorot water company.

"The Kerem Tunnel project is a central tool to realize the vision of transforming Jerusalem's transportation model. "

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lee
In order to make the tunnel accessible to the public all year round The works comprise road construction, as well as installing blowers.

The Kerem Tunnel provides access to special recreation areas, such as Ein Kerem neighbourhood, the biblical aquarium and zoo as well the historic natural springs Ein Haniyeh, Ein Laban, and Ein Haniyeh.