Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Le Car,

Le Car, Controversial project, the first tram of Israel should in principle be open in spring in Jerusalem after suffering major delays including the special status of the Holy City.

"The population has suffered from the work that started in 2006, but we reach our goal," says Shmuel Elgrably, spokesman for the Jerusalem Transportation Management Team (JTMT), a public body of experts linked to the Ministry of Transportation and the Town Hall.

The tram should be completed in 2008 but was delayed due to archaeological discoveries during excavations, errors, disagreements and a finicky process.

The project was also attacked on the political front as the tram will serve East Jerusalem, Arab-dominated sector, considered occupied territory by the international community.

A pro-Palestinian group has sued the Justice French Alstom and Veolia, the two French giants involved in the construction, arguing that the route of the tram in the Arab part of the holy cit



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