11-06-2019, 06:22 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50315910
A controversial plan to build a cable car network in Jerusalem's Old City to transport visitors to one of Judaism's holiest sites has been approved by Israel's housing cabinet.
The cable cars will ferry up to 3,000 people an hour about 1.4km (0.9 miles) from West Jerusalem to the Western Wall in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's government says the project will reduce traffic congestion.
But opponents say it will damage the area's historic landscape.
They intend to petition Israel's High Court of Justice to stop it.
Yeah, this is probably a pretty good idea to solve traffic congestion: there's not a lot of room to extend the roads, so the alternatives would be to build over or under them (and I assume building under them would be way more expensive, and might risk damaging the historic buildings).
Hopefully, the cables and the cars themselves will be designed in such a way that the don't look too out of place - but, I expect it'll go the same way as many of these controversial infrastructure projects: a lot of complaining at first, and then people will just get used to it. (Besides, if the project raises more money from ticket fares and increased tourism, then that money can be re-invested into maintaining the historic buildings, which sounds like a win-win!)
A controversial plan to build a cable car network in Jerusalem's Old City to transport visitors to one of Judaism's holiest sites has been approved by Israel's housing cabinet.
The cable cars will ferry up to 3,000 people an hour about 1.4km (0.9 miles) from West Jerusalem to the Western Wall in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's government says the project will reduce traffic congestion.
But opponents say it will damage the area's historic landscape.
They intend to petition Israel's High Court of Justice to stop it.
Yeah, this is probably a pretty good idea to solve traffic congestion: there's not a lot of room to extend the roads, so the alternatives would be to build over or under them (and I assume building under them would be way more expensive, and might risk damaging the historic buildings).
Hopefully, the cables and the cars themselves will be designed in such a way that the don't look too out of place - but, I expect it'll go the same way as many of these controversial infrastructure projects: a lot of complaining at first, and then people will just get used to it. (Besides, if the project raises more money from ticket fares and increased tourism, then that money can be re-invested into maintaining the historic buildings, which sounds like a win-win!)
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