The Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem okayed a plan to construct an escalator leading to the Buraq Square near the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
The plan includes the construction of two tunnels one vertical the other horizontal in order to smooth settlers’ access into al-Buraq Square.
The decision was reached during a session held Monday to discuss the bid following ten months of ongoing planning and follow-up. Construction works are expected to materialize on the ground in the near future.
A vertical tunnel is to be dug at a 25-meter depth in the Buraq Square near the so-called Wailing Wall Synagogue on the eastern edge of al-Sharaf neighborhood. Another 60-meter long horizontal tunnel figures on the plan.
The electric elevator will be set in the vertical tunnel while the horizontal tunnel will serve as a pedestrian bridge carrying Israelis to the Buraq Square.
The project which would cost $9 million is to be called “Baruch” in honor of the Jewish businessman Baruch Klein who donated the money to get the project moving.
