The plans now under discussion for building up Hayarkon Park - including adding
bridges over it and running a high tension line through it - prove once again
that Israeli local council leaders, government offices and planning officials
have not yet understood the importance of having open green spaces in urban
areas and they are unable to provide the necessary protection for them. Hayarkon
Park is not the only example. There are also plans to pave roads through the
Jerusalem Forest and build a gas storage facility there and in Ayalon Park,
scheduled to open at the southern entrance to Tel Aviv, municipal planning
officials hope to finance the park's construction by granting building rights
for areas within it.
Rinat,
Zafrir