TEL AVIV | Artificial Islands Development News

[ZOHAR]

Tel Aviv municipality, transportation ministry promote new international airport to be built on artificial island off city’s shoreline

Published: 03.12.07, 11:20 / Israel Money

A manmade island will be constructed off the shores of Tel Aviv, according to an agreement between Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz.
The proposed island will be built between 1.5-2.5 kilometers (0.93-1.55 miles) off the Tel Aviv shoreline, and will constitute approximately 250 acres.
Environmental organizations completely oppose the idea, claiming that the island would create severe environmental repercussions that cannot be calculated in advance.
“Building artificial islands off of Israel’s shores constitutes a serious environmental risk and uncertainty,” said Yael Dori, a coordinator for the Israel Union for Environmental Defense.
Nir Papai, the coordinator for the department of Sea and Shore Preservation at the Society for the Protection of Nature, pointed out that there has never been an attempt to build manmade islands in open seas, only in gulfs, making it even more difficult to estimate potential dangers of executing the plans.

New airport

The Tel Aviv municipality and the Transportation Ministry want to use the manmade land for a new international airport that would replace Tel Aviv’s Sde Dov airfield.
But the committee which examined the plans for the island recommended that it be used for a power station. It prepared a list of 13 possible uses for the island, with an airport only ranking ninth place.
In response, the Tel Aviv municipality said, “In light of the density in Tel Aviv vicinity, there will eventually be no choice but to transfer Sde Dov to the sea.”
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8,000 dunams of islands opposite Tel Aviv, with an overall shoreline of approximately 100 km.

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[Khanrak]

Interesting project, but isnt there plenty of open land around Tel-Aviv for development? I imagine these sorts of projects to be necessary in very densely packed cities with little room to grow outwards, like Japanese cities and Hong Kong, rather than Tel-Aviv (or Dubai for that matter).

[ZOHAR]

there is no place near T-A...
They started to destroy buildings around T-A

[Chalaco]

I think it's a good idea. Hopefully, environmentalist and the city government can somewhat come to an agreement. :)

[Jasonhouse]

I was wondering how long it would be before Isreal figured out that they could do this... Looks like a pretty nice development (if they choose the one pictured here)...

[TalB]

Tel Aviv does not need articficial islands.

[Skyman]

Not bad

[TYW]

so, when can we be sure if the island will be an airport or a city or ...???

[ZOHAR]

^^there are 3 islands...one of them is an airport,second residental and third island of business center and nightlife

[www.sercan.de]

doesn't look artificial in the 1st pic :D

[4I.â.B4]

great

[JoshYent]

nice!!!!!!

[boto_mix]

A lot of skyscrapers! I like it very much :eek2: , it is better than the islands, those weird ones of the UAE

[ZOHAR]

;)
yes they are great;)

[Siopao]

it looks alot like Miami Beach with bridge connecting to the little islands.. Very very similar, indeed.

[johannesHSV]

israel shouldn`t copy dubai

[luv2bebrown]

^^dubai didnt invent land reclamation

[cyborg81]

israel shouldn`t copy dubai

true and it does not.dubai didnt invent land occupation

[Arpels]

uhhhhhhhhhhhh :uh: Palm Tel Aviv? :?

[ZOHAR]

israel shouldn`t copy dubai

this project is since 1970...but now its approved

[ZOHAR]

uhhhhhhhhhhhh :uh: Palm Tel Aviv? :?

Tel Aviv tears;)

[NEWWORLD]

very nice, didn't know about this

[PotatoGuy]

it looks alot like Miami Beach with bridge connecting to the little islands.. Very very similar, indeed.

thats what I thought, haha

[jacek_t83]

looks great

this project is since 1970...but now its approved

could you tell something more??

[ZOHAR]

there is a whole thread dedicated to this article
http://skyscraperlife.com/showthread.php?t=86

[Paneco]

wow what a lovely island, i love how its shape is, the islan is small but still very great! :okay:

[drmadham]

dont fancy the design. i think they could have done a much better job

[jacek_t83]

there is a whole thread dedicated to this article
http://skyscraperlife.com/showthread.php?t=86
thanks.
when do they planing to finish it ??

[ZOHAR]

they will start I think in 2012

[Torch]

this project is since 1970...but now its approved
In that time everyone would have said that they copy Tokyo, xD.

[Insane alex]

Dosen't Tel aviv already have a new airport?

[ZOHAR]

aha we wants another one:D

[Bori427]

Looks really nice,congrats to Israel!

[TalB]

I would rather they not build artifical islands, b/c they do long term damage to the aqautic ecosystems.

[JohnFlint1985]

this project is since 1970...but now its approved

any idea when it will be started?

[SuburbanWalker]

Comparing this to Dubai isn't fair. Israel is densely populated country and land-reclamation does makes sense on economical grounds (although I dislike them on environmental grounds). Comparing it to the land-reclamation projects the Netherlands has undertaken in the past would be more correct. The design also seems nowhere as frivolous as in Dubai.