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The new proposal for Lavan Ridge is smaller and reduces environmental damage, despite calling for more housing units

The new plan is the largest expansion of the west part of the capital ever undertaken - Click the link for more details.

Environmentalists split over Mayor Moshe Leon’s alternative proposal to limit environmental damage in Lavan Ridge

Get email notification for articles from Nir Hasson Follow Apr. 15, 2021 11:29 AM Arnon Gafni is an unknown figure in the history of Jerusalem. No street or square is named after him, not even a viaduct. But Gafni has influenced the lives of many a Jerusalemite, and not necessarily because he was the governor of the Bank of Israel in the late ‘70s. To a great extent, Gafni was responsible for laying down a principle that helped shape the capital. In 1972, as chief of the Finance Ministry’s Budgets Department, Gafni headed an interministerial committee on Jerusalem’s desired growth rate...

Follow Jan. 8, 2021 The appeals committee of the National Planning and Building Council approved a large-scale building plan for the green hillsides of Reches Lavan (White Ridge) on the western edge of Jerusalem, rejecting some 6,000 objections by residents and environmental groups. The plan includes a new neighborhood with 5,250 housing units on 1,045 dunams (261.25 acres) of open green space adjacent to the capital. The White Ridge plan is at the center of a large public debate that has been going on for years, and is the biggest environmental battle being fought in Jerusalem today. Promote...