16/02/2014, 16:27
The Central District Planning and Building Commission says the natural gas terminal should be offshore.
The Central District Planning and Building Commission today recommended to the National Planning and Building Commission to reject plans for an onshore natural gas terminal, and said that the terminal should be offshore. The recommendation is a major victory for the residents of the Hefer Valley and Yoknea'm who oppose the proposed onshore terminal.
The National Planning and Building Commission will now consider the matter and thousands of objections to the plan that have been lodged by the region's residents.
The Prime Minister's Office hopes the gas terminal plan will be approved no later than the summer. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the building of the terminal is a national strategic priority because at present all natural gas passes along one single pipeline.
The planning team hired by the Ministry of Interior, under architect Gideon Lerman, recommended handling some of the gas at offshore terminals and the remainder at two sites suitable for the construction of onshore gas terminals: one near the wastewater treatment facility in Emek Hefer, and one near the Israel Electric Corporation power plant at Hagit near Yokne'am.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 16, 2014
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