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| Mayor's Greetings | ||
| Street closures | ||
| Parking arrangements | ||
| Alternate driving routes | ||
| Closed Sites | ||
| Public Transportation | ||
| Information Center | ||
Dear Residents, Motorists and city residents should expect massive traffic congestion in central Jerusalem starting Wednesday morning for the three-day visit of US President George W. Bush. Police urge the public to avoid the area around King David Street altogether. | ||
| Mayor's Greetings | |||
The Municipality of Jerusalem has been busy with preparations for the upcoming visit of President Bush. Such a visit by the President of the United States occurs only once every few years and we in the Municipality are in the midst of preparations. Jerusalem, as the capital of Israel and a city of universal historic and cultural significance, always attracts international attention. During the three days of this visit, however, such scrutiny will be especially intense. The Municipality has, therefore, set up a special team to plan and coordinate with other government bodies (the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Police etc.) the necessary efforts to make this visit a success. The streets will be decorated with the flags of Israel, the United States and the City of Jerusalem. A special effort is being made to tidy up the streets. We will be making an extra effort to keep the public and our visitors informed of changes in traffic patterns and alternative routes in order to keep inconvenience to a minimum. Our goal is to allow the normal ebb and flow of daily life with as little disruption as possible. Thus, President Bush will be coming to Jerusalem by helicopter, in order not to disrupt traffic into and out of the city. Such a visit by so important a personage naturally causes a certain amount of inconvenience for the general public. I am certain, however, that the residents of Jerusalem, who are known for their hospitality, will see this as an opportunity to take pride and show our beautiful city not only to our special visitors but also to the entire world who will be watching. During the visit, we will be operating a special international media center in City Hall. Television and radio teams will be able to use this center to report to their home stations and to broadcast ''live'' on the events of President Bush's visit. We view the work of the press as especially important and the Municipality will make a special effort to ensure that the media center functions with maximal efficiency. This visit by the President of the United States is an event of national and international significance. I am certain that my fellow Jerusalemites will all do their part to help make it a success. I wish to take this opportunity to greet President Bush with the traditional blessing of King David, the founder of Jerusalem: May God bless you from Zion and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Uri Lupolianski Mayor of Jerusalem | ||
| Street closures | |||
| The following streets will be closed for several hours a day: Smolanskin, Brener, Gaza, Ramban, Keren Hayesod, Agron, King David, Jabotinsky, Rupin, Weiss, Museum Row, Emile Bota, Admoni, Hanassi, Haari and Balfore. On Friday only: Herzog, Zalman Shneor, Bezeq, Shmuel Bayit, Shachrai, Tusya Cohen, Moshe Kol, Herzl Blvd., Uziel, Hapisga, Bayit Vagan,Ein Karem and Zichron route. King David Street – from Jabotinsky (Plumar Square) to Agron intersection will be closed completely for vehicles except for residents of the neighborhood (with ID card showing the address). | ||
| Parking arrangements | |||
| No parking will be allowed on the following streets: Smolanskin, Brener, Gaza, Ramban, Keren Hayesod, Agron, King David, Jabotinsky, Rupin, Weiss, Museum Row, Emile Bota, Admoni, Hanassi, Ha'ari and Balfour. On Friday only: Herzog, Zalman Shneor, Bezeq, Shmuel Bayit, Herzl Blvd. and Zichron route. You may park your car on alternative streets. Any vehicle parked on these streets will be towed away to a special lot to be set up in the city's Teddy Stadium. | ||
| Alternate driving routes | |||
| Begin Road, no. 9 road (Golda Meir Blvd., Yigal Yadin), Derech Hebron, Hativat Jerusalem, Haim Bar-Lev, Eshkol Blvd., Bar Ilan, Haneviim St., Jaffa St., Ben Zakai, Yehuda Hanassi, Golomb. | ||
| Closed Sites | |||
| Yad Vashem will be closed for visitors on Thursday, 10.1.08 at 18:00 and Friday, 11.1.08, all day. | ||
| Public Transportation | |||
| President's Bush visit 9-11.1.2008 Jerusalem residents and capital guests should expect traffic congestion and public transport disruption in central Jerusalem starting Wednesday, January 9 morning for the three-day visit of US President George W. Bush. Egged in cooperation with Israel Police is ready with preparations for the upcoming visit of Pesident Bush. Due to security reasons buses on regular services will be diverted via alternative routes: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 The following streets will be closed for public transport from 10:00 AM to about 9:00 PM: Burla, Rupin, Keren ha-Yesod, David ha-Melekh, Ha-Melekh George, Ramban, Aza, Kikar Paris, Agron, Jabotinski, Ha-Nasi, Ha-Palmakh and Balfour. Public transport will be diverted via alternative routes: Buses from Derekh Khevron and Emek Rafaim will be diverted via Brekhat ha-Sultan and Khativat Yerusalayim. Buses from Shderot Herzog with its arrival to Nayot neighborhood will be diverted via Giv'at Mordekhai and Derekh Begin, and from there via Betsal'el to the central Jerusalem. Thursday, January 10, 2008 The above-mentioned streets will be closed from 6:00 AM to 9:30 AM and from 1:00 PM to about 4:30 PM. Public transport will be diverted via alternative routes as it described above Friday, January 11, 2008 From 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM public transport will be diverted via alternative routes as it described above. In addition, the following streets will be closed due to the Bush's visit to Yad va-Shem : Shderot Herzl (from Zangwill to Kikar Haft ), Shderot Herzog (from Nayot neighborhood to Aza Street). By the time Shderot Herzl is closed the buses will be diverted via Derekh Begin (between Kiryat Moshe and Malkha intersections) We appologize for any inconvenience caused by this. Egged and Israel Policy will do its best in order to keep inconvenience to a minimum. Additional information is available from operators by calling *2800 | ||
| Information Center | |||
| Police: 1-700-50-66-77 Jerusalem Municipality: 02-5314600, 106 | ||