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Last update - 03:11 23/06/2008 Route 66 victims paid with their lives for lack of NIS 9-million lane divider By Avi Bar-Eli Tags: Traffic accidents  A mere NIS 9 million - that is the cost of installing a lane divider along the northern section of Route 66, where six people were killed in two horrific accidents within a 24-hour period last week. Police believe the fatal crashes last week were the result of drivers' crossing the white line to pass illegally. At an emergency meeting Sunday with representatives of all the relevant bodies, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz discussed the need for a safety barrier that would separate lanes along the 3-kilometer section of the road between Hatishbi and Hazorea intersections, and ordered that the work be done immediately. The Israel National Roads Company is expected to complete the project in September. However, it has not been determined yet where the funding will come from. Advertisement In early 2007, a lane divider was installed along a dangerous 2.5-kilometer section of the road, between the Megiddo intersection and Moshav Yogev, at a cost of NIS 11 million. During the two preceding years, there had been 12 fatalities along the stretch; since then, there have been none. Route 66 runs for just 14 kilometers, between the Megiddo and Hatishbi junctions, but the opening of the Trans-Israel Highway brought a big increase in traffic, largely cargo trucks coming from Haifa Port. Despite a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour, imposed two years ago, the road remains hazardous, lacking shoulders and proper lighting. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Sarkozy's promise 'France will never compromise Israel's security' Israel's agenda Is an Israeli strike on Iran still on the government's agenda?   1.   Just imagine if the money spent on the "Gay" parade ... 07:38  |  Binyamin Dissen 23/06/08   2.   Just imagine if the money spent on the yeshivas 09:07  |  Oded 23/06/08   3.   #1 s asinine comment 09:18  |  Liz 23/06/08   4.   Israeli Drivers 09:25  |  Joseph 23/06/08   5.   If the money wasted in the West Bank was spent in Israel......... 09:27  |  Eli Vardi 23/06/08   6.   Just imagine if the money spent on the Kibbutzim... 09:47  |  Avi 23/06/08   7.   Vardi....Israel-Palestine: one state for all 10:02  |  KMS 23/06/08   8.   LOOKING for someone to BLAME! 10:30  |  FOX 23/06/08   9.   Just imagine if the money spent on ... 11:25  |  Ron 23/06/08   10.   Who is Responsible for Traffic Accidents? 11:29  |  Dr. David Feigenbaum 23/06/08   11.   #1 is an idiot... 11:41  |  David 23/06/08   12.   Gays should receive no government funding, 12:41  |  Sara 23/06/08   13.   Gays should receive no government funding, 12:41  |  Sara 23/06/08   14.   Lane divers would save more lifes than the separation fence 14:14  |  Nathan 23/06/08   15.   JUST IMAGINE -if dividers were in all the galilee roads. 18:49  |  HAL 23/06/08

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