"North Jerusalem Residents for Safety and Quality of Life (registered amuta)" informs:
On Thursday, July 14th, from 16:00 – 19:00, the Municipality invites residents to contact senior officials in the city government, including the General Manager and City Engineer, by direct phone call. Dial the Municipality's hotline 106. (For more details see: http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/defaultnew.asp?lng=1)
This is your opportunity to lodge your complaint about the dangers inherent in municipality's ill-concieved bike path project. Here are some important points to remember:
- The Municipality has disregarded the will of the residents, the opinion of experts and even the objections of organizations such as Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University. Last week the Municipality unequivocally came to the decision to continue the project in its current form with minimal and negligible changes to the original plans, despite the outcry of the parties mentioned above.
- This project is being carried out in a substandard manner and not in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Transportation.
- This project cannot be considered a “Traffic Arrangement” as the Municipality claims, since it does not solve a specific local traffic problem. Rather, it is actually a pilot program for a city-wide change in transportation.
- This project does not have the necessary legal authorization, as it does not have a building permit and it did not create the necessary changes to the “Town Planning Scheme”!
- The Municipality seems to feel that it is above the law it forces others to follow. Unacceptable!
Call the Municipality. Let them know that residents, students and bicyclists alike oppose the Bike Path Project as unsafe.
Encourage your friends and neighbors to call as well. It takes only a few minutes to let your voice be heard.
This may be your last chance to voice your opinion directly to the city on this issue.
Thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
North Jerusalem Residents for Safety and Quality of Life (registered amuta)
