Tel Aviv Traffic Disruptions Due to Light Rail Construction
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Road closures and public transport changes are impacting central and northern Tel Aviv this week due to light rail construction by NETA. Specific street closures are scheduled for October 29-30 in the city center, affecting Allenby, Gruzenberg, and Montefiore streets. Northeastern Tel Aviv will see closures on Raoul Wallenberg Street from October 25-29, and a major intersection closure on October 29-30 impacting routes near Tel Aviv University. Several bus routes have already had their paths altered for up to two months.
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- Light rail construction by NETA is causing road closures and bus route changes in Tel Aviv.
- Allenby Street and other central Tel Aviv streets will be closed on October 29-30.
- Northbound Raoul Wallenberg Street will be closed from October 25-29.
- The intersection of Shalom Rosenfeld and Haim Levanon streets will close October 29-30.
- Routes near Tel Aviv University campus will be affected by closures.
- Several bus routes to Reading terminal have been rerouted for two months.
Road closures and public transport route changes are scheduled in central and northern Tel Aviv in the coming days due to ongoing light rail construction by the state-owned NETA company. On Thursday, October 29, from 10 PM to 5 AM the following morning, two sections of Allenby Street will be closed: between HaYarkon and Pinsker streets, and between King George and Montefiore streets. Gruzenberg Street between Nachalat Binyamin and Allenby, and Montefiore Street between Yavnne and Allenby, will also be closed. Public transport routes and stops in this area will be altered, with details available via the "Kol Kav" information service at *4515.
In the northeast of the city, from Sunday, October 25, to Thursday, October 29, between 10 PM and 5 AM, northbound traffic on Raoul Wallenberg Street between HaBarzel and HaNechoshet streets will be closed. Bus route 634, heading to the Atidim terminal, will detour via Mishmar HaYarden and Dvora HaNevia streets, with temporary cancellation of stops on Wallenberg Street. Additionally, starting October 25 until further notice, the stop at 30 Haim Levanon Street, near the Standards Institute, will not serve routes 10, 25, and 289.
From 9 PM on Thursday, October 29, to 8 AM on Friday, October 30, the intersection of Shalom Rosenfeld and Haim Levanon streets, including adjacent sections of both streets up to George Wise Square, will be completely closed. Routes 474 and 506 will have altered routes, and many stops near the Tel Aviv University campus will be suspended. It was also noted that since last week, routes 8, 33, 68, 193, 270, 272, 418, and 480, which go to the Reading terminal, have had their routes changed for approximately two months.
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