Haifa Bay in the future - a suggested plan for an international airport

Haifa Bay in the Future according to Haifa's Backyard blog

The illustration above is of a suggested plan for an international airport in Haifa Bay, Israel. It will be combined with a maritime port. 

By clicking on the picture, the enlargement will show clearly the 2 smaller maps below the large one. The map on the right shows the current view of Haifa Bay. The left map, with the yellow spots, is Haifa Bay according to disasterous government plans.

These plans, which are already in early stage of construction, are for a Chinese managed huge container port. 

This port has no natural logistic hinterland, so it will seize its land from Haifa Airport and Kishon Park. It will cancel any option for their existence! It will shut them down!

The new port will serve also as a huge fuels terminal, for the expanded refineries, a move which will seal the fate of Haifa metropolitan area. It will block any possibility for its development. Worse then that, it will increase the cancer rate of the area, which is already very high, because of the air polution locked in the stadium shaped bay. 

The 2 runways in the illustration reflect a new building concept, of a runway which is extended into the sea combined with a waves barrier and docks for a maritime port. The runway is a 'rib' of the port.

The 2 runways lenghs are based on the continental shelf of the bay, as seen by the difference of the water color. The runways are extended from the current small airfield, which is capeble today only for small passengers airplanes landings. The 2 suggested runways are suitable for Boeing 747 landings and are about 10,000 feet long each.

Singapore, which has the largest maritime port in the world, is prospering thanks to its international airport, which had won for the last 4 years in a row the title of the best airport in the world. The economic comparision 'ןאי the decaying economic of Haifa is obvious.

The Green parties of Haifa are making desperate efforts in order to reverse the catastrophic government decisions. Without international cooperation their chances are poor.