The city of Jerusalem will mark 40 years of reunification with a spectacular celebration and public inauguration of the bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava on June 25,2008.

18:00 Welcome: The stage will be surrounded by screens that will project
images of the construction process of the bridge and a promotional video of
Jerusalem.
Street artists will welcome the crowd.

20:00 Inauguration:
The Prime Minister of Israel and Mayor of Jerusalem will preside over the event,and Santiago Calatrava will also be in attendance. The evening will open in darkness with the only spotlight on the Symphonic Orchestra,who will play a series of songs for Jerusalem punctuated by synchronized fireworks.

The audience will be invited to join in a countdown to the official inauguration
of the bridge while the prime minister and the mayor are invited to light a special firework show,which will draw the ceremony to a spectacular close.

Performers:
David D'aor, Dudu Fisher, Yishai Lapidot, Boys of Jerusalem, orchestras, Jerusalem Dance Group, Dancers and more.

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Plans to revitalise transport in Jerusalem got off the ground with the creation of a joint body involving the Ministry of Transport and Jerusalem Municipality. A consortium lead by Citypass and including Alstom, Connex, Israel's Polar Investments, Harel Insurance and local civil engineering firm Ashtrom have been tasked with constructing the first line of the light rail project on a 28-year build-operate-transfer contract.

The first line is a 13.8km route between Pisgat Ze'ev in the north of Jerusalem and Herzl Avenue in the south west. Eight lines are due to be built by 2020. US$446m has been provided by the Hapoalim and Leumi banks, with the Israeli Government contributing US$290m.

As a whole, Jerusalem's transport project will see bus feeder lines, and traffic arrangements that give priority to both road and rail-based public transport, to encourage passenger use and growth.

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