Sweet. 3 islands

It wont be as massive as the artificial islands in Dubai, should be finished by 2013. One thing that interesting about the project, they are suppose to transfer the airport onto that island, similar to I think Hong Kong, because of the noise.

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Yes real intresting i can picture it now.. tanning on that beach, partying a lil bit, and going back to my hotel room for a great sleep. Until i hear something... could it be?

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jesse you have any more info on that project?
looks pretty sick, just imagine the security to get on that island lol

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Location: In front of Tel-Baruch beach's area. Dov Hoz Airport is located next to a residential zone in the northwest of Tel Aviv, near the shore. The neighborhoods surrounding the airport suffer from noise pollution, made by the airplane traffic, nonetheless, the land value of the airport is very high. According to the proposal, Dov Hoz Airport will be transferred into an artificial island, while the continuance of Eben Gvirol st. and several residential and commercial zones will be built on the evacuated area of the airport. The examination of the option regarding the construction of several artificial islands started in 1996. A committee, established for this purpose, made a research about it in cooperation with groups from The Netherlands, specializing in sea quarrying. In 2001, the committee submitted a report, determined that the construction of artificial islands is economically feasible. Since then, a much more intensive examination regarding this issue was made, primarily focusing on the construction of an artificial island, where Dov Hoz airport will be transferred to. The new airport on the island will function as the second international airport in Israel. The construction of desalination facilities on the island was proposed as well. The artificial island will be constructed in front of North Tel Aviv. The artificial island will be rectangle-shaped. According to one of the proposals, road no.5 (Trans-Samaria highway) will continue west from Glilot Junction into the island. Environmental organizations opposed the concept of the artificial island on the pretext that it will destructively affect the adjacent beaches. In addition to the airport island, the long-term plan is the creation of two more islands in front of Tel-Aviv and another one in front of Bat-Yam. The distance between the islands will be approximately 1 km - 2 km. The cost of a construction of each island is estimated at about one billion dollars.

thanx bro!

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Brilliant. Construct a new island and force the access point through G'lilot. As if G'lilot wasn't already one of the world's worst traffic nightmares... I've sat in my car trying to get through that intersection for over an hour, BEFORE rush hour!

and I still don't understand why they need a multi-billion dollar island that's going to cause a traffic nightmare when there are other enormous, more important things to take care of... Like moving the G'lilot fuel depot to a place where, if it gets hit by a terrorist attack, it won't wipe out 1/10 of Israel's population.

Seriously. They've been trying to do that since 2002, when an attempted bombing set off a series of tankers, barely missing the main storage tank. It's closed, but the fuel's still there. Some of that billion would make a mighty convincing argument for another municipality to take it.

Or perhaps water conservation/waste water reclamation projects. Or perhaps better/more frequent/faster/later bus service, or fixing up the Tel Aviv central station (I don't care if it's "new", it's gross). Or finishing the projected highway system, and building a road to Eilat that doesn't claim over a hundred lives a year :P