Eilat Transforms Its Entire Coastline With Major Upgrades
Translated & summarized from Walla by baba
Eilat is undertaking a comprehensive renovation of its coastline, upgrading beaches with new facilities, storm defenses, and modern amenities. Key projects include the development of new promenades, a "Sea Square" on the northern promenade, and revitalizing the marina area. These extensive works, a collaboration between the Dead Sea Preservation Government Company and the Eilat Municipality, aim to enhance public spaces and tourism infrastructure along the city's waterfront.
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- Eilat is extensively upgrading its coastline with new facilities, promenades, and leisure areas.
- Projects include enhanced storm defenses, new restrooms, changing rooms, and modern lifeguard stations.
- A new "Sea Square" is being developed on the northern promenade, featuring a large shade structure and water play area.
- The marina area is also being revitalized as part of the city's public space and tourism infrastructure improvements.
- The renovations are being carried out by HALI, an arm of the Ministry of Tourism, with the Eilat Municipality.
Eilat is undergoing a significant transformation of its coastline, with extensive upgrades to beach facilities, new promenades, and the development of leisure areas along the bay. These improvements include enhanced storm defenses, replacement of changing rooms and showers, construction of public restrooms, creation of shaded areas, play zones, and new lifeguard stations. New promenades are also being developed, including a southern promenade near the port, a revitalized area at the marina, and a planned public square on the northern promenade featuring a large shade structure, seating, and a water spray area.
The beach renovations, managed by the Dead Sea Preservation Government Company (HALI) as an executive arm of the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Eilat Municipality, involve upgrading storm protection systems. At the northern beach, a boulder barrier was removed to create a continuous walking path and integrate beach access points. Showers have been replaced, new changing facilities installed, and modern, spacious lifeguard stations have replaced older ones. A new lifeguard station has also been established at Almog Beach, preparing it to become the first officially recognized and supervised beach in the southern part of Eilat Bay.
A central project is the development of the "Sea Square" on the northern promenade, situated between the "Mall Hayam" and "Princess of Eilat" centers. This area will become a public square at the main entrance to the northern beach. The project, expected to take about 18 months, includes a large, iconic shade structure, tiered seating facing the bay, a water play area with sprinklers, landscaping, and shaded zones, while also improving the connection between the existing commercial front and the promenade. Traffic arrangements will be adjusted during construction, but pedestrian access will be maintained.
These promenade works complement other large-scale projects, such as the upgrade of the marina and its plaza, aligning with the municipality's policy to enhance public spaces and tourism infrastructure. The commercial marina is also undergoing a project to regulate the area, including repairs from storm damage sustained in 2020 along the coastline, and the construction of an entrance building with restrooms for the pier.