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The Kerem Tunnel, the first cycle tunnel in Israel, has been inaugurated as part of the Jerusalem Ring Path, a 42-kilometer cycle path that runs around the capital city.

The tunnel is a link between Nahal Refaim and Emek Motza. It is located in southern Israel in Refaim Park. Ein Laban is the closest. Nahal Ein Kerem is the northern entrance.

The 2.1-kilometers-long tunnel project was officially inaugurated in a ceremony held on Thursday that was attended by Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Ze’ev Elkin, Mayor Moshe Lion, Gihon water company chairman Avi Baleshnikov and hundreds of cyclists.

The city’s rich history was a reason for it to be an extremely popular tourist spot in the past. Elkin added that in addition to its historical treasures and modern amenities, tourism has also been included in the Jerusalem city. “The inauguration [of] this tunnel project is yet another milestone in the advancement of Jerusalem as an ideal tourist destination for all kinds of tourists throughout Israel and around the globe.”

נווה פריצקי Elkin, whose ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality led the project, said that the Jerusalem Municipality’s ministry “invests hundreds of millions of shekels annually to develop all aspects of Jerusalem’s visitors and in the creation and operation of new tourist attractions, ventures, and activities that connect the glorious history of our eternal city to the future”. I would like to invite you to ride your bicycles along a stunning and well-maintained road that overlooks Old Jerusalem.

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

Elkin stressed, “The Kerem Tunnel project will be a central instrument for achieving our dream to change the notion of transportation in Jerusalem.” “The new tunnel, which will connect to the long Jerusalem Ring Path, will connect the existing bike paths in the city and those that will be paved throughout the city’s neighborhoods in the hope of encouraging cycling among the city’s residents as well as its visitors, and also encouraging the green revolution of transportation in the capital city.”

The Kerem Tunnel, originally excavated by the Gihon Corporation in the 1990s in order to transfer the main sewer line toward the Sorek purification plant.

“The Kerem tunnel project is central to realizing the dream of transforming Jerusalem’s transport system. ”

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon

Road construction installation, blowers, sophisticated safety systems and electrical wiring are all part of the present works. The tunnel is safe for the people to use all entire year.

The Kerem Tunnel allows for access to unique recreational areas, such as Ein Kerem, a neighborhood which includes a Biblical aquarium and zoo, and also the historical natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban.