The Commission on National Infrastructures in the State Design Directorate approved the construction plan for the M2 metro line in Gush Dan, which should connect Holon, Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Givat Shmuel and Petah Tikva.
In the approved plan, the choice was made in favor of passing the metro through Bnei Brak. Previously, the department warned that the construction of the metro requires round-the-clock operation of passing vehicles, including on Saturdays, and that if the Bnei Brak mayor’s office does not guarantee that it will not interfere with work on Saturdays, the line will bypass the city.
At the same time, the Bnei Brak mayor’s office published a message in which it denied the information about the permission to work on the construction of the metro on Saturdays, and emphasized that this permission applies only to emergency situations that pose a threat to life (the so-called “pikuach nefesh”).
Next, the construction plan for the branch must be approved at a government meeting.
Let us recall that on August 20 of this year, Transport Minister Miri Regev signed decrees on the expropriation of real estate along the routes of metro lines, necessary for the construction of stations, depots and other infrastructure components.
In addition, the winners of the tender to manage the design and construction of three metro lines were announced. Consortiums that win the tender will be responsible for the detailed design and work of the companies carrying out the work on laying the metro until it comes into operation.
A consortium consisting of Yaniv Zohar Andasa, Dana Andasa, MM SPA (Italy) and Levi, Stark we-Zilberstein Yeutz Andasa will be responsible for the M1 line. A consortium consisting of David Akerstein, WSP UK (Great Britain) and Deker Bniya ve Andasa will be responsible for the M2 line. A consortium consisting of the companies “Davelman Pertslina Niul Proektim ve-Mivnim”, Artelia SAS (France) and “Mahud Andasa” will be responsible for the M3 line.
In October 2022, the government approved a plan for the construction of the central segment of the M1 metro line, which will connect the Holon interchange with the Glilot interchange. The length of the section is 14 kilometers, on which 11 metro stations will be built. Its completion is planned for 2032, provided there are no delays.
The central segment was the southern segment of the northern part of the M1 line, but it was decided to separate it into a separate program, since the cities of the Hasharon district still cannot agree on where the depot will be located and do not agree on the proposed station locations.
Also, the southern part of the M1 line, which will connect Gush Dan with Rishon Lezion, Rehovot, Ness Ziona, Beer Yaakov, Lod and Ramle, and the M3 line (Bat Yam, Hulon, Ben Gurion Airport, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva and Ramat Hasharon).
Thus, only the northern part of the M1 branch has not yet been approved.