The Secondary Planning and Construction for Jerusalem will meet on Wednesday (November 1st) to discuss the proposed plan to build another 500 housing units in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, as well as another 200 units in the neighborhood of Ramot.

According to reports on Kikar HaShabbat news site, the plan is to extend both communities in a northerly direction, a plan that was given the green light back in 2011 but has stalled since due to political reasons.

The new project in Ramat Shlomo, which will stretch across some 71 dunams of land (0.027 square miles), will include 500 new residences, a public building, religious institutions, public open spaces, and a commercial area at the front of the new complexes.

The plan originally came to the committee in 2006, then again in 2008. In 2016 it came before the committee a third time, during which it was decided that the city would come in as a cosponsor for the proposal as the proposed land includes an area of “unknown ownersip”.

The proposed plan for the Ramot neighborhood will see 5 new buildings built on Harry Truman Street. 40 percent of the land allocated for the project will be put to public use including public open spaces, institutions, kindergartens and a synagogue.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)