Transport Ministry Director General Moshe Ben-Zaken said at the Israel Hayom Conference that the ministry has invested billions of shekels in recent years—and especially since October 7—including a railway project linking Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south, with excavation work already underway in Kiryat Shmona.
Transport Ministry Director General Moshe Ben-Zaken said at the Israel Hayom Conference on Sunday that the ministry has invested billions of shekels in recent years, particularly since the October 7 attacks, highlighting the railway project linking Kiryat Shmona in the far north to Eilat in the far south. Ben-Zaken noted that while the idea had been discussed for 30 years without advancing, the ministry has now allocated a multi-billion-shekel budget and has started ground excavation work in Kiryat Shmona to build the track. The project is part of a broader infrastructure push by the ministry during the current war period. The Zioneer previously reported that the ministry executed a NIS 63 billion infrastructure budget during the war, with Ben-Zaken describing it as a vote of confidence in the economy.
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