Planning Council drops controversial Jerusalem development plan - Haaretz

Last update - 19:12 06/02/2007

Planning Council drops controversial Jerusalem development plan

By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent

A controversial plan to use open areas in Jerusalem for housing was overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday by the National Council for Planning and Construction.

The Safdie Plan, named for architect Moshe Safdie, calls for the construction of 20,000 houses in open areas west of the city.

It has come under attack by environmental groups who claim it would eliminate the few open areas remaining in the city.

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But an Interior Ministry study released at the end of January found that currently available land reserves should be able to supply the capital's housing demand until 2020.

The ministry's study said that existing land reserves should suffice even if Jerusalem's Jewish population increases to 587,000 in the next 13 years.

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1.	Great news	14:48	\|	Ephraim	06/02/07

2.	Thank Goodness	14:52	\|	Dov	06/02/07

3.	20,000 Housing Units	15:02	\|	Clickfool	06/02/07

4.	"Jerusalem land reserves"= robbery of more Palestinian land	15:51	\|	www.kibush.co.il	06/02/07

5.	Clickfool #3	16:05	\|	Avi Yerushalmi	06/02/07

6.	Dear Clickfool	16:18	\|	David	06/02/07

7.	End of the Safdi project	16:28	\|	Maurisa	06/02/07

8.	yesssssssssssssssss	16:33	\|	AA	06/02/07

9.	imagine...	16:56	\|	yossi	06/02/07

10.	Safdie Plan Rejected!!	16:57	\|	Joscelyn Blumenthal	06/02/07

11.	Thank God!!	18:21	\|	Dr Dave	06/02/07

12.	Drops from Heaven	18:57	\|	Leah Vanatta Fisher	06/02/07

13.	Jerusalem	19:11	\|	RKr	06/02/07

14.	The fool clickfool	19:14	\|	enough	06/02/07

15.	West SUSSEX and EAST sussex	21:02	\|	ANTI-PHONY	06/02/07

16.	Environmental crap	21:03	\|	Brod	06/02/07

17.	A serious move for the betterment of all	21:09	\|	BB	06/02/07

18.	Brod #16 -- on Israel`s true enemies.	21:39	\|	bbl	06/02/07

19.	it is not your capital and never will be	21:50	\|	Aman	06/02/07

20.	#5 avi yersushalmi	22:03	\|	alan	06/02/07

21.	#16 Brod	22:24	\|	alan	06/02/07

22.	#9 is a visionary...	22:40	\|	tom	06/02/07