In a question submitted by a city council member, he claims that Shair Shlomo is held captive by Deputy Mayor Alper and demands that the mayor exercise her authority. “Is the real motive for not operating the cable car an attempt by the municipality, led by Klish and Alper, to force the Ministry of Transportation to refrain from operating the cable car on Saturday?” Hahn asks.
Posted on: 27.3.22 17:15
City Councilman Avihu Hahn (Greens) has submitted a query to the city council, in which he wants to know why the mayor does not exercise her authority and does not instruct the deputy, local committee chairman Michael Alper, to sign the graduation certificate (Form 4) for the cable car operation.
Han writes in a query: “According to a publication in the Haifa press and media, it can be understood that the deputy mayor and chairman of the subcommittee on planning and construction refuses to sign the certificate of completion and allow the cable car to operate. It was learned that the city engineer had signed the graduation certificate after all the obligations had been completed in accordance with the requirement of the city engineer. It is not possible for an entire city to be held captive by Deputy Mayor Alper, who refuses to sign the final certificate. “
Han adds: In a letter I sent to the Minister of Transportation on the 13th of the month regarding the operation of the cable car on weekends and Saturdays, I demanded her immediate intervention in the matter. I understood from senior officials in the Ministry of Transportation that they would do everything to make the cable car operate on Saturday. It is not possible for the mayor to stand as a statistician and not act to activate the cable car. Does not the mayor’s fear of losing her only coalition, the ultra-Orthodox coalition, allow her to worry about the city’s secular residents? Does the mayor not understand that over 250,000 secular residents of the city are interested in both operating the cable car on Saturdays and operating the Carmelit on Saturdays?
“I demand that the mayor act immediately with Deputy Mayor Alper and force him to sign the final certificate, and as an alternative to order the chairman of the local committee, Deputy Mayor Nachshon Tzuk, to sign in his place.
“My questions: Why is the mayor not working with Michael Alper and Nachshon Tzuk, leaders of the local planning and construction committee and instructing them to sign the final certificate for operating the cable car ?; Are the real motives for not operating the cable car an attempt by the Haifa municipality, led by From the operation of the cable car on weekends and Saturdays ?; The Minister of Transport has explicitly stated that it intends to demand the operation of the cable car on Saturdays. According to the publication, MK Gafni is involved in contacts for the non-operation of the Carmelit on Saturday. Is the mayor’s commitment to MK Gafni or to the city’s residents?