Traffic light will be placed at Beit Chilkiya junction: "disaster focal point"

State Control Committee discussed today (Tuesday) the incidence of traffic accidents at the Beit Chilkiya junction, following an accident in which died a month ago Belz yeshiva boy 15 year old Yosef Yonah Rottner z"l. Committee Chairman MK Amnon Cohen (Shas) , stressed "As members of the Knesset we are public representative officials of those injured and those who suffer from traffic accidents . Expansion of Route 3 had to exercise discretion on planning of a junction that is the focus of disaster."

MK Meshulam Nahari (Shas) said that Beit Chilkiya has 700 people as well as two large yeshivas near the busy road which is of great danger. " Regional Council Soreq- National Roads Company appealed several times to the Ministry of Transport and requested a traffic light or pedestrian bridge, but the request was rejected because one of the criteria that will be in place eight casualties," accused Nahari who required to determine a certain date, and speed up the placing of a traffic light at the intersection.

Council engineer said that recently added additional discussion industrial area south of the intersection, and fifth traffic lane. "This is the Haredi population that uses primarily public transportation. Moved the station, and public transportation has trouble collecting the students and commuters. Currently a student has to cross five lanes without a crosswalk or any signs," he said. He noted that the Council has funded its budget, planning a new traffic light at the intersection and the establishment of full acceleration and slow lanes, in order to speed up the execution.

Transportation Ministry Director Uzi Yitzhaki, promised that within three months will be placed at the intersection a traffic light, adding that "In recent years we renovated many roads huge budgets, but because development is needed to address more than one thousand communities found themselves at the wide roads, leading and busy. Most of them were minor interchanges and intersections or other solutions. I was at the Beit Chilkiya, and we looked into a pedestrian bridge - which is a better response, but because of the time it takes to establish – we will establish instead a traffic light. "

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