Globes, Guy Nardi, 21.05.2020
The Haifa District Commission decided to deposit a plan to expand the industrial area in Hadera. The area of the existing industrial zone in Hadera today is about 1,070 dunams, and the plan expands it to an additional 1,000 dunams.
This is an area located in the north of the city, between the Wastewater Treatment Institute and the railroad and near the existing industrial area. The program designates the new complex for heavy industry, light industry and craft as well as for commerce and offices. The emphasis is on industrial use, as can be learned from the numbers themselves - 662,000 square meters are intended for industry, while less than 200,000 square meters included in the new plan are in other designations.
This is a different outline than it has become in recent years in many other municipalities, turning the old industrial zones into employment areas, where there is no room for heavy industry and workshops .
However, it is important to note that the plan will be implemented in stages rather than all at once, which makes it clear that this is a long-term plan. This stage also includes transportation development that is not the sole authority of the municipality, and depends on external factors such as Israel's routes. This fact will of course also have an effect on the implementation of the program.
According to the currently approved outline, there will be four steps in developing the new part of the industrial area. Phase I will include construction of up to 150,000 square meters of industrial space, and will involve improving the Friedlander Junction by adding a lane to Route 4 and a second lane to the left to the north.
Phase II - Construction of up to 300,000 sq.m. of industrial space - will require traffic improvement on Route 4 from the Hadera and South interchange, leveling at Friedlanders intersection and turning Friedlander and the artist into two-lane.
Stage 3 - Up to 266,000 sq.m. - Requires connection of an industrial interchange on Highway 65 to Hadera's industrial area. Also, industrial areas can be converted into commercial or office space by a 3: 1 ratio, ie 1 sq.m. / Offices on every 3 sq. M. Industrial.
The plan includes the regulation of the Hadera Creek that passes through it, and eliminates old industry plans on the route of the stream, while establishing the stream and its banks as an open area for public welfare. Among other things, the program offers development of stream banks that will allow for scenic restoration, planting and pedestrian and bicycle paths that will connect to the stream park and allow walking and cycling throughout the city stream.
The district's planner, Liat Peled, spoke with Globes about the different nature of the program as opposed to parallel programs currently being promoted by other authorities for their industrial areas. "The plan will assist the development of the entire region by enabling the establishment of industrial plants that are currently creating nuisance in their environment, and will strengthen the city of Hadera as an occupational anchor and its economic base. And turning it into a significant green axis out of the city and from the open spaces to the east. "
The chairman of the Haifa District Planning and Building Committee, Ether Ben David, added that "Hadera is the second largest city in the Haifa District, one of the 15 largest cities in Israel, which is growing rapidly every year in urban renewal processes. Therefore, it is of great importance to strengthen the economic basis of the city for the welfare of its residents. "
The plan was prepared by the firm of Moshe Tzur Urban Builders.