Plan approved to double Ramat Gan's population

• Published date: 30 November 2022

The plan will make Ramat Gan a much more densely populated city with 35-floor high-rise buildings along the city's main roads - Abba Hillel Street, Aluf Sadeh Street and Hatayasim Street and 20-floor buildings along Haroeh Street, and Sderot Yerushalayim above the future planned line of the Metro. In the city center maximum the height of building will remain at 8-9 floors and the fabric of neighborhoods with houses and gardens will be preserved

In anticipation of the far larger population, existing educational institutions will be expanded and others will be built in office areas such as the Diamond Exchange, and the building rights will be increased on the Bar-Ilan University campus.

Two planned Metro lines with six stations will pass beneath Ramat Gan. One line will pass beneath Shderot Yerushalayim and the other in the southeast of the city near Tel Hashomer Hospital. The city will also have two light rail lines: The Red line due to start operating next year along Jabotinsky Street and the Purple Line along Aluf Sadeh Street.

Ramat Gan mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen said, "After 50 years it's about time that Ramat Gan had an up-to-date...