Tel Aviv's Rabin Square to become construction site

• Author: Guy Nardi
• Published date: 13 December 2020
• Date: 13 December 2020

There will be two entrances to the underground station. The first entrance will be in the west near the ecological pool and the second in the east at the corner of Ibn Gbriol and David Hamelekh Streets. Various sections of Ibn Gbriol Street will be narrowed during the engineering works.

The Green Line will link Rishon Lezion and Holon in the south via Tel Aviv with Herzliya in the north. Engineering consultants Levy and Shtark Zilberstein in cooperation with Mansfeld Kehat Architects are responsible for the statutory planning although the construction company for the actual underground station has yet to be chosen through a PPP tender. The cost of building the station will be NIS 600 million.

From past experience with the Red Line, it is fair to estimate that the work will take about five years. Work on the Ofra Haza station, for example, at the corner of Allenby and Yehuda Halevy streets began in 2015 and ended last month. Construction on Carlebach Station began in 2016 and is yet to be completed.

The Tel Aviv - Yafo Municipality told "Globes" that as part of the coordination with NTA and the contractor, it has been agreed that only half of Rabin Square will be used for construction with the northern end beneath the...