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The Kerem Tunnel is a great spot to hike and ride.

As part of the 42-kilometer Jerusalem Ring Path cycling route, which surrounds the capital, the Kerem Tunnel was inaugurated.

The tunnel connects Nahal Refaim with Emek Motza. The tunnel’s southern entrance is located in Refaim Park below Ein Laban. The northern entrance can be found in Nahal Ein Kerem about half one kilometer away from the Kerem junction.

On Thursday, Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Zeev Elkin, Mayor Moshelion, Avi Baleshnikov, Gihon chairman, and hundreds of cyclists participated in a ceremony to officially open the tunnel’s 2.1-kilometer-long length.

Jerusalem was a sought-after tourist destination because of its glorious historical. Elkin explained that the modern tourist industry is a part of Jerusalem’s historic treasures and is also a part of modern-day tourism. “The inauguration[of] the tunnel is an additional element of the progress of Jerusalem and its transformation to an attractive tourist destination for everyone across Israel and the world.

נווה פריצקי Elkin is the project’s director. project together with Jerusalem Municipality said that his ministry invests hundreds of millions in the development of Jerusalem’s tourism and in the creation innovative tourist attractions and ventures that connect the glory historical past of Jerusalem to its future. I would like to invite cyclists everywhere to take a trip and enjoy the contemporary, well-maintained road that overlooks Old Jerusalem.

Elkin’s Ministry as well as the Tourism Ministry budgeted the project.

“The Kerem Tunnel project is an essential tool to realize the goal to change the concept of transportation in Jerusalem,” Elkin said. “The new tunnel that connects to Jerusalem Ring Path will join existing paths for bicycles and ones that are paved in its areas. The goal is to encourage cycling among the residents of Jerusalem and encourage the green movement in Jerusalem.”

In the 1990s in the 1990s, in the 1990s, Kerem Tunnel was excavated to transfer the main sewer line from Gihon Corporation to the Sorek purification plant. It is currently used for infrastructure purposes and houses the fifth water line to Jerusalem by the Mekorot water company.

“The Kerem Tunnel project is a central tool to realize the dream of transforming Jerusalem’s transportation model. ”

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon

To make the tunnel usable to the public all year round the work includes road construction and installation of blowers.

Kerem Tunnel Kerem Tunnel allows for access to unique recreation areas, like Ein Kerem, a neighborhood which has a Biblical aquarium and zoo as well as historical natural springs Ein Haniyeh and Ein Laban.