Cabinet Approves NIS 110M for Kosel Infrastructure, Transportation Upgrade
The Cabinet approved Sunday a new five-year plan to upgrade infrastructures and encourage visits to the Kosel.
The plan was presented by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett; its budgetary framework will be allocated by the Prime Minister’s Office as well as the Defense, Finance, Education, Interior, Transportation, Tourism, Public Security, Culture, Aliyah and Integration, Innovation, Science and Technology Ministries.
The Kosel, as the holiest site to Jews, is visited by millions of visitors and tourists from around the world. Between 2015-2020, the number of annual visitors to the Kosel grew from 10 million to 12 million.
The Prime Minister’s Office will monitor implementation of the new plan.
The goals of the plan are:
- Continuing the momentum of development and work being carried out at the site
- Meeting the needs of visits by school pupils, new immigrants and soldiers
- Developing new educational plans
- Advancing and upgrading transportation infrastructures and services
- Formulating new ways to make the Kosel accessible via new technological platforms
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